Harry James 'Lester Leaps In' on The Ed Sullivan Show

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[williamgregory]

My dad was a jazz trumpeter and Harry James was his hero. My dad had a photo of me as a baby that was actually signed by Harry James, wishing me a happy life. He had it in his wallet until the day he died. My mom gave it to me and I still have it to this day.

[richardcavallo]

Tone, range, technique! Harry was the complete package. Great bio book about him "Trumpet Blues"! Louis Armstrong, Sweets Edison, Roy Eldridge, Clark Terry, Dizzy, Doc, Maynard, Sonny Durham, Chet, Miles, Clifford all pay tribute to him!

[Johnnycdrums]

Look at that bass player.
He's just killin' it wicked bad.

[uncjim]

I saw Harry James in 1966, at the Bushnell in Hartford, CT. My college roommate gave me the tickets that were given to him by his parents. He wasn’t interested because he didn’t like “that kind of music”. Of course back then, it wasn’t the music the “turned on” zoned out to. Meanwhile, Harry and his orchestra blew the roof off of the place. What a great memory and what a fabulous artist he was.

[TomElvisSmith]

I would LOVE to see Harry James perform his classic version of "You Made Me Love You" on this episode. He had a huge hit with it back in 1941.

[RobertDeMarco-fo]

Tony DeNicola was a great musician. He was a wonderful human being. I miss him dearly! I had the honor of being taught by him when I was a young man.

[acfinney]

Not only was Harry great, the whole band is amazing including the drummer and bass

[RW-oben]

Wonderful awe-inspiring musicianship!❤

[acedrumminman]

Harry James was the worlds greatest Trumpet player, there was nothing he couldn't play, Dixieland, Swing, Bop and whatever he felt like doing. He was Miles Davis's idol.

[gabrielleauguste]

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[ChuckParDue]

PLEASE post You Made Me Love You and Sleepy Lagoon from this broadcast!!

[lavictoire]

Was my idol growing up learning trumpet in the 60’s and 70’s. Took trumpet lessons from a former band member of Benny Goodman. He would show me a farewell letter from Benny from he kept in his trumpet case Benny wrote him when my teacher left the band to settle down.I just was not talented enough. My dad gave me his old 78’s I’d listen to after school and knew every note of his solos playing “air trumpet” . Met him twice coming through to play in MA in the 70s. “I have him on cassette tape saying Hi eddy, how are ya?” It was at the North Shore Music Circus in Massachusetts. Before the show I was walking the grounds when I heard a trumpet. I walked to a horse stable looking building and at first I didn’t recognize him because I only saw old photos of him when he was younger. He had a pinkish cowboy shirt on and was warming up. I was so in awe I didn’t know what to say.i asked him to say hi into my tape recorder. My dad remembers as a kid Harry stopping to play baseball with the band and Betty Grable watching .

[callmeBe]

Anyone else notice that the bari sax player also doubles on t-bone? I can understand why on this arrangement. Because the tempo is so rapid, the lower textures where you would normally voice your bari would just be caught up in textural mud. Best to space the brass in extreme close position for maximum blast instead. Also, there is the possibility that the original arrangement was written for 4 bones instead of three, and that 4th part is more functional than the bari part. But having a sax player able to play competent brass for this level of musicianship would be incredibly rare.

[billkirchner]

Arranged by Ernie Wilkins. Note that the two tenors (probably Sam Firmature and Modesto Briseno) played Lester Young's recorded 1939 tenor solo in unison. Willie Smith is on lead alto.

[Johnnycdrums]

This drummer is cool as a bastard, 2:06 thru 2:24.
Man, this guy is sick.

[spyderlogan]

My parents LOVED Harry James...But if you really want to hear some crazy fast tempo big band, check out the latest Woody Herman performance on this channel.

[billkirchner]

I was half-correct about the tenors. They are Jay Corre and Sam Firmature.

[jimbrown]

Whoever posted this thought it was about the Sullivan show, not the band. We want to know about the band! And no credit to Prez.

[lovebandsingers]

4 players in sax section. Without Corky Corcoran?

[daking]

Why the trumpet soloist while soloing release notes like that?! Stylistic reasons?