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Just Friends
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.พ. 2009
- the WDR Big Band directed by Bill Holman
recorded in 2000.
James Moody (ts)
Frank Chastenier (p)
Jeff Hamilton (dr)
This is a fantastic chart of Just Friends written by Bill Holman.
I never get tired of listening to tjhis arrangement by Bill Holman, the energy and swing is way out in front. It is honest and optimistic. Eaxh time I listen to this version I discover more to enjoy.
It's 01.30 in the morning and once again this WDR group of musicians will not let me go!!!
One of the most exciting, energetic and swinging piece of big band music around.
Fabulous, driving piano interval with Frank Chastenier inspires the follow-through of the band in this innovative arrangement.
jeff hamilton - master of brushes!
that unison writing is brilliant! when people sing from the heart, they don't sing harmonized, they sing in unison. tashiko ackioshi
also wrote much in unison.
I absolutely love this performance, but it's telling me it wants to be just friends..
Perhaps my fave Willis chart. He once remarked to me that it could serve as a Local 47 (LA Musician's Union) sight-reading entrance exam.
This actually got some significant airplay on the local FM station.
Yeah! Jeff Hamilton on drums.
まさかビルホルマンのジャストフレンズを動画で見れる日がくるとは。
Ｉ ｌｏｖｅ Ｂｉｌｌ Ｈｏｌｍａｎｓ Ａｒｒａｎｇｅｍｅｎｔ！
Ｔｈａｎｋ Ｙｏｕ ｆｏｒ Ｕｐｌｏａｄ
Apprently The WDR ( TV/ Radio) of Köln (Cologne) having the best big band, do not make DVDs of their concerts - unbelievable! The WDR big band invite great musicians and arrangers - for this particular concert James Moody, Jeff Hamilton, and Bill Holman for this wonderful arrangement. Please plead with WD to make these concerts available. Maybe if there are enough of us, then the Gods in the Ivory Towers at the WDR Management may have pity of us. Check out the WDR Concert with Don Menza.
This arrangement by Bill Holman is another example of the genius of this man. This version of Just friends is full of escitement, the band also has the energy reminding me of Stan Kenton's days when Holman also wrote for the band leader. Those were exciting days, this version of the song is as up to date as it can get.
+insultantable Could somebody please explain what has Bill Holman has written in the bridge, after the first chorus?
+hommefriday Not really. This tune's form isn't one that has a traditional bridge.
Pianist has got the "wave" with his left arm. Wonderful playing!
I love the into. Impressive.
@trumpetman - The tune is there the whole time. In a small group you would only hear more of what he does at the beginning with the piano solo. His extensions, rhythmic syncopations, and chordal substitutions are beautiful. Very nice way of adapting a very common tune to a modern interpretation.
A great arranger and a great arrangement.
Yes, its hard to believe that anyone wouldn't like this or appreciate what was musically performed here. Anyway there was some outstanding reading and what this arrangement may have lacked in harmony it made up for in linear artistry. It is also good to here James Moody play an amazing solo...I miss his spontaneous genius...may he RIP!
probably one of my favorite charts of all time
Blow Moody blow!
hamilton/chastenier/goldsby had a golden "chemistry" between them.
... Ahh, noch die alte Truppe, mit Rick Kiefer im Trompeten Satz.
Sowie Ed Partyka an der Bassposaune.
6:00-6:30 One of the finest solo choruses [anybody] has ever played on just friends.
This is a really hip chart!
Great to see good players challenged. Someone posted " Geoff Hamilton underrated " don't think so. Not in this house.
There's so much jazz written for and played that originality can get tough to dig up. It takes a higher IQ to produce that whimsical difference that captivates.
This chart is a masterpiece.
my synopsis: Bill Holman - great !!!!
> Opening piano solo - love it, great, outstanding playing and technique, great interpretation. > first ensemble statement - interesting augmentation, interesting close of the phrase. > second time through nice drive by the rhythm section but I feel the ensemble writing (at this point) seems repetitive and rather boring, ala Phillip Glass, , until Moodys' solo begins, then, It's back to great interesting lines and dynamics etc. love that end
you tell em ottolink!
@atpal Do you have an ear!? The harmonies on this charts are great. And if you think it sounds easy it's because the band plays it extremely well....As a musician I can relate to the fact that when you are in a group that can read well and collectively are playing their asses off, a difficult chart played well will sound easy.....if you play an instrument pick up your horn, better yet try to play this piece in your bigband.....
Due to being a public service media company, the WDR can't produce DVD's, CD's etc on there own since that would be considered unfair to other producers. It has to do with rules and laws, not ivory towers :)
I have "Just Friends" from many artists. Bill Holman is exceptional. I just wish an arranger would open a site (I would be one of the first to subscribe - credit card already ready!) to help us ignoramuses. For example what would have been the thoughts of Bill Holman when he approached the road he would take "Just Freinds". The mind boggles to think what he could do with so many other wonderful compositions.
Don't care for the arrangement very much, but it's a very challenging one to play well, and these guys do a great job of it.
+Steve Barnett Then you are an idiot. And obviously not a musician.
@@RussellUpsomgrubb nah, this arrangement is boring compared to the Japanese arrangement of it. nothing exciting really happens in this one
@atpal I agree. The chart really isn't even Just Friends, it's basically an extended solo written for the band as a unit. Unless you happen to recognize the changes as Just Friends, you won't even catch the brief mention of the head he throws in at the beginning.
Bill Holman's writing is usually much, MUCH better than this. I'm guessing this is a chart he wasn't really interested in doing.
All one part density ?? lol
Amazing how many people don't understand, but want to comment. The use of the long unison could be explained, but people like "scales" wouldn't understand. "Bek1" complains about insults, then hurls a really dumb one! LOL There is so much to learn about music, but only the open minds learn.
@solostrad i think youre talking about the alto lol
@atpal Whgere have you been listening to big bands?????
To hommefriday:
Bill wrote the chart on the way to Germany. It's definitely different and since I tried to study with him after Berklee in 1968 and know his work, he wrote better arrangements.
And for SJAzz92 - I don't care for the band playing in unison for most of the chart too -
maybe Bill was rushed.
And OttoLink10 is full of shit. Everyone has a right to an opinion without getting insulted. What is there beyond comprehension? Do you like Tom Kubis?
@trumpetman2525 thats exactly what i was gonna say. if moody didnt have that solo, this would have been a huge dissapointment. now its just a dissapointment
2:03
love this chart, its like composer improv. Like the recorded version more; its a bit faster.
@hommefriday He didn't say that he didn't like the band - he doesn't like the -chart-.
The band sounds amazing and makes a VERY difficult chart sound easy, but that doesn't change the fact that it's not a particularly good chart in the first place. The head is basically unrecognizable and the opening 200+ bar unison thing he wrote gets downright -boring- after awhile.
As I said in a prior comment, I think this is a chart he just wasn't really interested in doing in the first place.
Hi Matt Balmer, I think you're mistaken. Bill Holman actually picked this chart and released it on one of his few albums he did with his own band (Bill Holman Band, 1988). For me that's a clear sign that he likes his arrangement.
And so do I. It's very unique. As I hear it the long melody played in unison creates a great tension because it's keeping back the tutti chords that everybody is expecting. In the original recording there's a bass solo after the unison part. I think that's even a better choice than a sax solo because that makes the final shout chorus an even bigger relief.
Which Bill Holman album has this song?
I don't know if I have ever read so many stupid comments and criticisms of music that is beyond your comprehension. I wonder if ANY of you have ever played in a band that could even attempt to perform this. Both the arrangement and the performance are wonderful. There is no other arrangement similar to this ANYWHERE, and the band is terrific. "Plugmalion" seems to have a pretty good idea of what is going on. You amateur critics need to close your mouths, and open your ears.
@BigBoyDarrell I don't forgive you
Ok this tune should remain in the combo setting to avoid things like this. I waited two minutes to hear the head only to hear some strange augmentation of it. What a relief it was for the solo section to start. I pity the audience.
termatologia del Jazz
Sorry, but Rob McConnell's version is the best ever. Guess you haven't heard it yet.
TRUE !
Find Rob McConnell's arrangement from the 80's awesome. BUT Holman's orchestral title can be bought for sale and (if you have a long time), if you are able to do so.
There are quite a few big band arrangements of Just Friends. Why write the same boring arrangement that sounds the same as everything else? Plus an arrangement is a decomposed composition anyway.
I meant to that as a reply to the first comment on the video. My bad. This is actually one of my favorite big band charts.
Fantastic solists but boring arrangement....
Great band, shitty arrangement
@wohodude100 You evidently don't know anything about music, so shoiuldn't say anything about music.
kind of crappy arrangement.