Quarantine Big Band Helsinki - Birdland

Birdland (Josef Zawinul, arr. Nick Lane)
Quarantine BB Helsinki:

Pope Puolitaival asax
Ville Vannemaa asax
William Suvanne tsax
Aleksi Ahoniemi tsax
Roope Löflund bsax

Antti Rissanen trb
Aarni Häkkinen trb
Kasperi Sarikoski trb
Heikki Tuhkanen trb

Tero Lindberg trp
Kalevi Louhivuori trp
Mikko Pettinen trp
Janne Toivonen trp

Antti Kujanpää keys
Varre Vartiainen guit
Antti Ahoniemi b
Anssi Sopanen drs
Abdissa "Mamba" Assefa perc

Antti Koivula voc

Dancers:
Katri Mäkinen
Jasmin Geselle
Minttu Köykkä

Logo: Pekka Tuppurainen
Mix: Jyri Sariola / Mimix Studio
Video: Antti Kujanpää

[phone]

[animayomi]

バードランドと言えばやっぱりこれだね。
マンハッタンの名物ジャズクラブが目に浮かぶ。

[Maynardjones]

Am I the only one in the brink of tears on how good this is ?

[JamesP-jj]

Every high school jazz band in the 1980s tried to master this fantastic tune — including mine 🎺 gorgeous rendition!

[kevinnathanson]

As someone old enough to have seen Maynard's band perform this live (multiple times...) I have to say that you captured their energy really well! Thanks for bringing back some great memories from 43(?) [sigh] years ago...

[zevnikov]

The lead trumpet Player is a music itself. So amazingly good and musical. Hats off.

[ARandomDonut]

2:32 okay now that was just badass, twice so because of the thumbs up at the end

[johnlavallee]

This band and the tune is so tight! It's hard to imagine that each track was done by each musician alone. Wow! Hat's off!!!

[gbii]

OMG I thought this song was a lost memory, I'm in tears!! wow, wow, wow what a memory I played drums on this in "94 in my high school jazz band, i really have no words other than keep it up!!

[cutchmaster]

Wow! Everything about this arrangement is perfect. They took Maynard's version and spruced it up and added a guitar solo that is fantastic. Bravo!

[richardmills]

It's well over a year into the pandemic and this is still one of the best "quarantine band" recordings I've heard! What a fantastic interpretation of the Maynard Ferguson version of Birdland!

[jimk]

I have heard many versions of this song, and even played it back in the early 80s in my high school band. This is by far the best version I have heard.

[keithwhittemore]

I really liked how this arrangement incorporated elements from Maynard's version as well as the original Weather Report track! Keep up the great work

[yoobining]

I really love this key. The original is in G, but i love the timbre in key of F. It is more wholesome and warm sounding. The big band arrangement is amazing. I am on infinite repeat now 🤣

[StevenApergis]

I am freaking out. It appears that Europe is now producing the best jazz musicians.

[mj]

How can this song become better than this??

[YIKrnn]

Tämä on yksi parhaista Birdland -esityksistä kautta aikojen!

[jamessmith-liuo]

Boy what a blast from the past- totally crisp deep awesome version. Truly miss Maynard-thanks so much for bringing this stuff back into our souls.

[DivingCarl]

Really, really aweseome! Birdland is THE song for a proper big band! Thanks a lot for this!!

[tblxozn]

I am usually quite critical...but not this time...this is just superb, fantastic...everything about it...JUST W O W !

[richardstevens]

Wow! Just Wow! That was the best rendition of Birdland I've ever heard. Great Job Guys...and dancing Girls.