So, that's my dad, Harry Babasin, on bass... he was part of Benny Goodman's rhythm section at the time with the others in this group, Mel Powell on piano, Louie Bellson on drums, Al Hendrickson on guitar... the others sitting with Louis Armstrong are Charlie Barnet and Tommy Dorsey

@AlBergstein

2 жыл бұрын

Man your dad could swing.

@michaeltuz608

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@swingman5635

Жыл бұрын

So cool! What memories he must have shared with you!

@vonbabasin9544

Жыл бұрын

@@swingman5635 I have been working for a number of years to produce a documentary about his life and career and the entire West Coast Jazz scene... I hope to fulfill my life's work someday... cheers!

@swingman5635

Жыл бұрын

@@vonbabasin9544 All the best to you and your endeavor!

That's my dad Lionel Hampton. he was amazing. miss him so much. thank you for posting.

@LeePresson

Жыл бұрын

That makes you my new best friend! He's a hero of mine. I play vibes myself. Got to meet him once when he was 90 (and still playing shows!). It was a thrill.

@danlunham4478

Жыл бұрын

Wow, LaTanya, your dad! Of all the players, then and after, he's in the ether. As my own bass player dad, pulling from the jazz lexicon, would've said, simply and with a smile, "Somethin' else."

@vonbabasin9544

Жыл бұрын

My father and your father were great friends... Harry spoke very highly of Lionel and wished they had had the opportunity to play together more often... a pleasure to 'meet' you... Happy New Year!

@theLexingtonKid

Жыл бұрын

I love your father’s music and I take pride in the fact he was a fellow native Kentuckian. I just wish he was more recognized and appreciated in the current era.

@GalloPazzesco

Жыл бұрын

Wow! How cool and great is that! What an icon Mr. Hampton was/is!

"I've never heard of Benny Goodman" - Benny Goodman

@anthonyrichter1456

2 жыл бұрын

Benny goodman was a clarinetist who had a very famous orchestra in the 1940's.

@moviefiend44

2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyrichter1456 I think you missed the point. He was referencing the fact that Benny Goodman was playing a character that supposedly never heard of Benny Goodman. In short, Benny Goodman pretending that he hadn't heard of himself. The irony of ironies right on film.

@yakovhadash

Жыл бұрын

mood

@WilliamSilva-ml5nw

Жыл бұрын

Well, I heard BG forgot many peoples' names and called them Pops, so maybe he forgot his own name!!! ( I'm just kidding of course!!!)

@robkunkel8833

Жыл бұрын

@@moviefiend44 … These short comments can really be confusing. Who is Benny Goodman? A truly wonderful question. He was Sydney Bechet on clarinet? He brought the clarinet to a new level in American music? Conclusion: He moved people of generations. Me one. 🧔🏽

I am old enough to remember when popular music on the radio sounded like this. What a great era to have lived in !

@vonbabasin9544

Жыл бұрын

Can you believe that the pop music charts were nothing but JAZZ?

@phaedrawidney5246

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of my dad. I think of h as a young serviceman dancing. . .I miss him so

@SydneyLitwak

6 ай бұрын

​@@phaedrawidney5246😊

Benny Goodman was the first big jazz musician to formally integrate his band by bringing Lionel Hampton on board. It's hard to overestimate how revolutionary that was at the time!

@davelowrie1486

Жыл бұрын

Not to mention Fletcher Henderson and Teddy Wilson

@setonmcglennon544

Жыл бұрын

Just saw a zilophone player in Munich tim Rollins, wish played a little Lionel Hampton to warm up the audience Music makes my soul sing

@terrykobleck6529

Жыл бұрын

@@davelowrie1486 and Charlie Christian

@gregharald1072

Жыл бұрын

@@setonmcglennon544 hello 👋

@erinmeggik391

Жыл бұрын

From a great 📽️🎥 era. 👍

Every single person in that scene had amazing talent! Simply amazing!

@JamesAllmond

Жыл бұрын

even the guys not playing are an amazing group! Get a load of the folks in the background, Good Lord!

@soaringvulture

Жыл бұрын

@@JamesAllmond Right. One of the guys not playing was the inventor of jazz - Satchmo!

@adlerharry3280

Жыл бұрын

Also Danny Kaye what a guy

I met Lionel Hampton at Oakland Airport. He and his band were waiting for the same flight I was waiting for. So I walked up and said hello and shook his hand. Very gracious guy!

@willy1486

Жыл бұрын

He was playing a jazz club (run by Disney) at "Lake Buena Vista" when I had a gig at Disney as a young musician, back in the 70s. As you saw, what a great guy. Even between sets, he always had time for the young musicians who'd come in to hear him that weekend.

You know you have made it when you are a musician playing a parody of yourself and Louis Armstrong is an extra in your scene.

@jeffreyjeziorski1480

8 ай бұрын

Louis Looked liked he was enjoying the music.

Ah Danny Kaye .... what a wonderful actor, singer, dancer. I loved these movies from this era. I'm glad I grew up when I did ...

@andrewfrankel7163

Жыл бұрын

Love Danny Kaye! Great how he grooves along with the music.

Some of the finest musicians the world has ever produced.

Aside from the extreme talent on stage, there are others that deserve recognition. Did you notice how great the camera work was? They had exactly the right angles. They let us watch the artists using their equipment. We got to see their hands and fingers actually creating the music. No camera theatrics. No camera angle changes every 2 seconds. We got to watch as if we were there, without constant interruptions from camera angle changes. No zooming in and out, over and over. No cameras swooping around. No closeups to see if someone had a pimple or a blackhead. No warped, wide-angle, fish-eye aspect ratio. No lip syncing. Or in this case, no pretending to play a pre-recorded session. What we saw is what we heard. Compare this video to music videos of today (or even since the 1970s). Nearly all we get is lip synced, studio recordings, where the focus is 50% on the artists, and 50% on the camera acrobatics and post-recording special effects (it is not special if it is throughout the recording). When watching, you probably paid no attention to the camera crew. You were solely focused on the musicians. The highest complement I can pay a camera crew is when they are invisible to the performance. The camera crew made the event about the artists, and not about themselves.

In 1977, I was on my way to track practice after school at West Babylon HS on Long Island when I heard some music coming from the Auditorium. I peeked in and the room was dark except the stage where a band was practicing. I had time before practice started so I took a seat and to my amazement, it turned out to be Lionel Hampton warming up for a show they were doing that night. It was like a private concert, it was amazing, I stayed for about a half an hour and then went to practice.

Nobody could play that thing like the great Lionel Hampton!!! He was born with that phenomenal ability, and it shows!!!

@elizabethflynn8455

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely.

@warrengibson7898

Жыл бұрын

Flinging away and never a wrong note!

@ericcriteser4001

Жыл бұрын

Saw him live in '94 . Absolutely brilliant.

I just saw this movie on Living Scriptures streaming. My Dad's idol was Benny Goodman. He became a clarinet player, college music professor and taught all the woodwinds privately. He was first flute teacher. Loved to hear him play.

I was fortunate to see these guys live once in the sixties, and I haven’t gotten over it yet.

@iancarranza4153

9 ай бұрын

Lucky you, I’d absolutely kill to do that

@rjwh67220

9 ай бұрын

@@iancarranza4153 but would you like being 73 years old? PS: I also saw Louis Armstrong in those days, and my high school band backed Dizzy Gillespie in a fundraising concert in 67.

I live in Russia, Kazan city. And my father, 1937,told me how they young students liked listening to this beatiful jazz and other music of famous Russian band of Oleg Lundstrem,who started his musical life in Kazan.40s, 50s.They played the same music, and I like this music too, tried to play in piano .It,s a Wonderful World of great music,greetings!

@nd5301

3 ай бұрын

Ну тоже сравнение.. Лунгстрем - полнейшее говно по сравнению с любым из музыкантов тех лет..

Jazz music at its best. These two are fantastic playing together really.

Benny Goodman, ("the Professor") could play that licorice stick like nobody else could!!! He was the greatest!!!

@pamtebelman2321

2 жыл бұрын

He was!

@jibsmokestack1

2 жыл бұрын

My favourite is Pee Wee Russell

@AlBergstein

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed. The modern version is Anat Cohen. I once was at a concert of hers and an elderly lady next to me commented at the end of the show, "I saw Benny Goodman many times when I was young, and this woman is the new Benny Goodman." Loved this clip. Thanks for sharing it.

@michaeljenkins6448

Жыл бұрын

As if he was singing!

@phillipecook3227

Жыл бұрын

Artie Shaw would beg to differ ....

best thing I've seen all week. No, all month. What the hell, best thing I've seen all year.

Hi grew up in the late 40s and 50s an my Mom and Dad loved the big band sound along with country and western .I'm now 78 and I love the old big band and old country Music .

What a time to have lived, I wish I was around that era to have seen Benny Goodman live.

@cdstoc

Жыл бұрын

I saw Goodman live in the late 1970's. It was near the end of his life, but he was still an amazing player and I was thrilled to get the chance to see him.

@mjfoster9041

Жыл бұрын

Saw Benny with his combo at Chapman college during the 70’s. Fantastic.

Love it ... those were the days. I grew up on that band music and, as a side note, I can still sing "I'm Hans Christian Anderson!" and march around while doing-it just like Danny Kaye.

I'm dancing by my own in my bedroom, jazz is on another level

My Uncle, who was like a father to me, grew up on Jazz and Swing music. I used to listen to it with him once in awhile. He passed in 1990, but I sure miss him, and would give everything I have to go back to listen with him again.

Shows how important music was/is to breaking down racial barriers. That was sweet music.^

Great number played by two immortals. 😇😇

@chrishenson4450

Жыл бұрын

Three, if you count Mel Powell.

@vonbabasin9544

Жыл бұрын

@@chrishenson4450 Six if you count Louis Bellson, Al Hendrickson and Harry Babasin... and, yes, in their day they were also considered Giants of Jazz!

Très grand moment musical par les meilleurs musiciens de JAZZ, de cette époque révolue. Merci à eux.

I'm so honored to make your acquaintance. Your dad brought the vibraphone into a prominence which changed jazz dramatically, particularly in the early 50s. Quite a daunting legacy.

I've loved this movie since it was on PBS the first time I drank an entire 40 oz. This movie SOLIDIFIED my love for Jazz. I had no idea who most of these people were in 1994. But 14 year old me thanks you for making this look so beautiful. Sincerely.

@isorokudono

2 жыл бұрын

GENE KRUPA AND MEL POWELL................not to mention LIONEL "Buddy Rich Calls Me Daddy" HAMPTON..........................Dorsey and Pops in the back looking surprised would have been meme worthy...........Can't wait to build my time machine and teach them about funny.......................

That’s a three minute jazz master class!

Man, I watched this movie with my Dad three times!! It was and still is AWESOME! That and the Glenn Miller Story too! I went to high school in the late seventies and graduated in the early eighties. I think I was one of the few kids who listened to Black Sabbath, Rush, the Beatles, the Stones AND listened to Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Lionel Hampton AND Louis Armstrong!! Still listen to all of these and more to this very day!!!

I love how the "Old Greats" transitioned music from the 1920's to the 1930's. It's so wonderful to listen to.

Wonderful! My late father took me to a Benny Goodman concert decades ago. One of my favorite memories.

True talent Hapmton , Goodman , Kaye . It's got the lot and its great fun too. I love Jazz.

I was lucky enough to see Benny Goodman once at Yale in New Haven, CT and Lionel Hampton twice, once with front row seats at the Bushnell in Hartford, Ct.

Sencillo , elegante , con mucho swing y un toque de humor , que más se puede pedir? .

Incredibly good this. My dad's fave musician was probably Benny Goodman. 👍

How have I never come across this movie, there’s just like all of these greats standing in one room!

These folks trained at such young ages, that they were totally in sync with their improvisation. Being a musician myself, it it so brilliant to watch.

Man, Lionel Hampton rocks!

Don't you just love seeing two masters of the craft complimenting each other so well. And the rest of the band... whoa momma. what a sound :) (me happy, you happy too?)

@penelope8557

Жыл бұрын

"complementing", not "complimenting"

@martythemartian99

Жыл бұрын

@@penelope8557 Whoops, my bad. I must compliment you on your correct use of complementing. :)

@penelope8557

Жыл бұрын

@@martythemartian99 LOL!

@garlboydlatham4295

Жыл бұрын

Happy!

Such a classic. Saw Benny Goodman in 1973 with Dad at the CNE Bandshell. Really, Dad? Never forgot. The key...just do it. Love this.

man I wish more music was like this.

Pure genius, and they all look amazing.

Je viens de rererevoir ce film cet après midi ! J'adore et c'est rare de voir Benny Goodman !

This is how I imagine it in heaven... that one day I will see jazz and swing greats there and that is something that comforts me about death...

Holy crap there's a lot of talent in that room. Hampton, Goodman, Danny Kaye, Louis Armstrong in the background . . .

@Goldenowl66

2 ай бұрын

Is Tommy Dorsey in this video?

WOW! WHAT A LOT OF TALENT IN THAT ROOM!!

We don’t see talent like this much anymore.

Amazing musicians and great time for music ❤️❤️❤️! I also love how Louie's smile lights up the room/screen ❤️😊

I was very fortunate to meet and speak to Goodman, Hampton and Charlie Barnett (the latter by phone to set up an interview with the host of the radio show I helped on) back in my teens in the late '70s. All wonderful people. I met other greats as well, and boy was I lucky. Fantastic clip--thanks!

I could listen to this forever....pure gold

Fantastici.Quanto adoro questi immensi musicisti.

I always loved the vibraphone!

@bobcurrier7983

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Kathie, How are you doing?

I love how a lot of jazz music has a string bass :3 it makes me feel happy 😊

@ericmoore1173

3 жыл бұрын

How are you doing today my name is Eric Moore

Holy Moley, Von! This is the coolest thing I’ve clicked on all year! Your pops is awesome. What a great world to grow up in. You’re a good kid to have kept your dads bass and cello, too. These snipits of stories are fantastic, and even though we all know a musicians life back in the early days wasn’t always a complete bowl of cherries, I hope we can hear the long versions someday soon. Good luck with your movie, book or which ever way you decide to tell the story. Your a gem for sharing. Thank you so much. This made my night.

Brutal. Qué talentos. Los dos, como dioses. Mario Dueñas, Chile.

This is from a Song is Born- the musical version of Ball of Fire. While I still love the original with Gary Cooper, this version has some AWESOME MUSIC and all the greats of the day. A true time capsule of jazz at a time when the music was going through a transition period from swing to bebop and 'jump blues'.

@v.gorski3050

2 жыл бұрын

Agree ! Cannot remember the date of this film. Guessing ‘ sometime ‘ in the 1940’s ( ??? )

@vonbabasin9544

2 жыл бұрын

@@v.gorski3050 It was shot in '47 and released in '48...

Man, this made my day! Never seen this clip before! Thanks so much!

@likydsplit8483

Жыл бұрын

The movie is “A song is born.” One of my favorites!

My Dad was a big fan of both these tremendous musicians. Although I was born long after their heyday in the mid 50s, he introduced me to them when I was a pre-teen, and still listen to their music today.

I'll have to find this movie!

Love that movie....Virginia Mayo was gorgeous and talented.

@rediryou

Жыл бұрын

Is that who the blonde redhead is? Man she totally caught my eye.

The musicianship on display here is astounding.

Back then “Stars” and musicians had real talent and that was what distinguished them. Not their looks and behavior. Like today.

An absolute joy. Thanks for posting this masterwork.

It's a who's who of jazz in one sequence!!!!

Great video and lovely performance. I saw Lionel Hampton band here in Monterrey...It was probably around 1976, I was in high school. The best jazz concert I've seen. He was such a máster! He played his xiliphone and also drums incredibly well. During the concert, he and his band members went to the audience and played their instruments walking around and dancing, mixing with the public. So awesome. He was brilliant and unforgettable!

The Best, just simply THE BEST! 👍👍

Delightful Movie loved it Nice little memory here

Lovely movie! A great remake with lovely acting and great, great musicians. I like how Benny Goodman makes the clown 😆 too

@charlescosper5126

8 ай бұрын

The man on the left was Charlie Barnet, a famous saxophonist and band leader; you can find some of his work on KZread.

This is great musicianship. Worth listening to

Professor Brooks playing Benny Goodman as "Benny Goodman"...this scene always cracks me up...🤣🤣

I'm gonna go out on a limb here, I'm pretty sure that professor was really Benny Goodman and this was an early episode of Undercover Boss.

I only dream of playing like this!! OMG the talent!

@rochellegreene6354

Жыл бұрын

@Greg Normal I am in absolute awe I am learning to play marimba and this video was sent by a friend - take good care

The movie is available in full right here on youtube!

@robertobolado8606

Жыл бұрын

Do you know the movie name?

@LeePresson

Жыл бұрын

@@robertobolado8606 Yes I do! I put it in the description and everything!

WONDERFUL clip, Lee! How have I never seen this movie???

It's just a pity that Tommy Dorsey and Louis Armstrong at the back didn't join in. Benny Goodman had some of the greats in his band, just as Cab Calloway, Jack Teagarden and Duke Ellington played with his clarinet rival, Artie Shaw. Great days. Imagine if they had all played together. I think music would have given up at that point, job done.

@LeePresson

2 жыл бұрын

Tommy and Louis get their own numbers. It's a great movie, check it out.

@jantinajulius5166

Жыл бұрын

I agree. I am glad to see and hear all my favourite musicians from YEARS ago. I hope to see them all again in their second chance of living in the foretold biblical resurrection on earth.

Thanks for the superior copy of this gem!!

@Darrigrande

3 жыл бұрын

Two giants together!

I feel happy swing music always elevates my mood. Thank you very much 😊.

Took me a minute to recognize Satchmo in the background. His iconic smile.

Love the wardrobe in this scene. Very realistic and not overly glamorized. Lots of variation. Mel and Harry sporting t-shirt and jacket look that wouldn't be out of place today.

I'll be damned! This has got to be some of the coolest video I've seen on KZread! Lionel Hampton is amazing but Mel Powell playing the piano steals the show for 10 seconds at a time! This is amazing!!!!!!

It's amazing 👋👋👋👋🇧🇷👏 from Martin Castilho. Manaus Am Brazil

COSE MERAVIGLIOSE, DA NON CREDERE, FANTASTICHE!OK OK.

Benny Goodman disguised is one of the coolest think i ever seen....

Our parents were cooler than we are 😂

For the complete 2:57 sec. I had a big smile ans big swing in my foots and fingers! Great visual is a plus!

@donmatthes4356

2 жыл бұрын

Sauter finegan orch

When Satch Mo is behind you digging hard on what ur playing u know ur doing something right

What a happy, fun little short!

Watching Lionel on TV 📺 with my Grandparents inspired them to get us the Playschool Xylophone for Christmas to Torture Mom with our incessant playing🎶

John Williams brought in jazz artists to play his Benny Goodman style Cantina music for Star Wars. The homage is pretty clear.

Had a double take when they scanned the back crowd and saw a young Satchmo....Hello Dolly..

What an amazing piece of music. On a 1 to 10 scale with today's stuff, this music is 100 !

Pure fun! Love it!

What a performance!

If ever in Richmond VA stop at Pearly’s on Grace St. and order the Benny Goodman. BTW loved the video.

Magical to watch them, thank you.

Yes.....thanks abaut this song. Success 4 U

I copied this on a VHS tape off the TV. Still have it. Great movie!

@robertobolado8606

Жыл бұрын

Do you know the movie name?

@jamesbanksiii319

Жыл бұрын

@@robertobolado8606 A Song is Born

Lionel Hampton played a concert in Lancaster, Pa at Long Park Amphitheater back in the mid 70s. My mom working the concession stand nearby gave Lionel a free hotdog on his break and had a nice conversation with him at intermission.