HOT DOG!! The city finally woke up and came to their right mind. Me personally, want to thank everyone that contacted the city. I'm sure that helped a lot. Great tune and super performance by TS on this one. Thank you James for bringing it to us. Take care.

Tuba Skinny My Eternithy Love ❤️ Forever.........7........Here Now..........To The Eternithy Forever 7...14...21

Thanks very much, Jim. It is so good to learn that the city has now decided to ban traffic, instead of buskers, from parts of Royal Street. Democracy at the level of municipality government is alive and well as NOLA's City Councillors and Mayor LaToya Cantrell respond positively to feedback from Tuba Skinny, other buskers, and thousands of supporters and tourists!

@msjazzmeblues

2 жыл бұрын

Tuba Skinny is one of NOLA's best exports and goodwill ambassadors. The government should appreciate them as free advertisements of what they do best there.

@thomascarter5050

2 жыл бұрын

You see

You`ve done it again! keep them coming and I`ll never get out of the house, good news about Royal Street, take care , stay safe, R.

Many thanks for recording this for us, James. 'San' was composed in 1920 by Walter Michels and Lindsay McPhail. They have played this one so often that I guess most viewers will have no need of time stamps; but just in case anyone wants them: 00:07 INTRODUCTION - four bars from the rhythm section, establishing the key of F minor 00:12 VERSE - led by Shaye, the band plays the F minor 24-bar verse 00:38 CHORUS - ensemble, 32 bars in the related key of A flat - note the surprise chord of E7 in bars 2, 4 and elsewhere - giving this tune its distinctive flavour 01:14 CHORUS - Craig leads over the full 32 bars in A flat, including a clever Middle Eight, involving the rhythm section on stop chords 01:48 CHORUS - Barnabus leads, also with stop chords supporting his Middle Eight 02:23 CHORUS - Brian leads, yet again with stop chords against the Middle Eight 02:58 CHORUS - ensemble, with Todd leading in the Middle Eight and Final Eight 00:33 CHORUS - with Robin leading, against stop chords 04:07 CHORUS - ensemble, with Shaye producing an outstanding improvisation over the first 16 bars and then directing a series of four 2-bar breaks by four different players over the Middle Eight. FOOTNOTES : (1) Admire Shaye's light-touch directions throughout, often using no more than her thumb to set up the stop chords. (2) It is unusual that they play the Verse only once. Normally Shaye chooses to revisit it at some point.

@T_Mo271

2 жыл бұрын

So professional, so fluent, and so casual and easy. Briliant.

@michaelfoxbrass

2 жыл бұрын

Nice timestamp, personnel ID, and form markers - thanks for taking time to post!

@PopsCoffee

2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome.

Muchas gracias, y mi admiración y aplausos !!

Goodness this is good. To hear about the city listening as well as the rest of us hoping to hear this wonderful band. Thanks James.

Toujours aussi forts !!!! Derrière une apparente décontraction de l'équipe, une maîtrise parfaite de Shaye qui coordonne de si remarquables musiciens. Tout çà avec le plaisir de jouer ensemble.

Tuba Skinny- a National treasure!

Unglaublich gut!!! Kann mich jetzt, im hohen Alter, nicht erinnern jemals - jenseits der großen Klassiker - eine bessere Band gehört zu haben. Danke an Tuba Skinny!

Hello from Suffolk UK your playing brightens my day but missing Erica .Been trying to purchase Tuba Skinny CDs in UK but seems mission impossible. Keep it up guys and gals much luv from us Brits.

Most daring San I've ever heard...Terrific!

One Against Six Or Seven I Absolutely Love This Arrangement, It Takes five to seven men to curtail this one woman. Unbelievable!!!

Just an outstanding version of a band standard. Everyone in top form . Just a hint of Suwanee River at 0:56 and 1:01..Craig takes a break by the post so his counterpart can have the stage. The band was flying on this one..........................

Oh, yeah! TS! 👍👍

Oh happy days listening to Tuba Skinny, real feel good music! Thanks.

A jazz classic done very well!

Always a delight to watch and listen to Tuba Skinny. TOO BAD the string players have been hidden. I always look forward to the way each musician keeps time with their feet patterns and how they vary one from the other. This arrangement also clouds the segments when their solos are hidden visually. DJ in Knoxville TN

As I've said before, forget Bourbon St. The party's on Royal. Thanks for sharing James!

@JamesSterling

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, as I always say "Bourbon Street is Disneyland for drunks." A tourist trap. Frenchmen Street is what Bourbon street used to be.

@MarkWYoung-ky4uc

2 жыл бұрын

@@JamesSterling "Disneyland for drunks"...I love it!

Thank you once again playing in the street has its own atmosphere it would have been a great loss

James, thanks again & again! Now I am hooked on these Skinny Tubas, ordered a couple of their albums, which should arrive here on the pecan farm in the next day or two. If you get a chance, please ask them to release their new Album on CD, so an old fellow (who cannot stream/download music like the youngsters) can get some of their original compositions. But, even after getting the CDs, this old boy will continue viewing their dynamic foot-stomping videos ! Gets me out of the chair, so's I can stomp along with em.

@JamesSterling

2 жыл бұрын

Robin told me a few weeks ago that the new album would be out on CD sometime in May.

@seabrookthemagnificent9580

2 жыл бұрын

@@JamesSterling - Great and much obliged.

Love Tuba Skinny and especially their New Orleans music.

Man, I’ve always loved the old jazz like this and Skinny does it better than anyone. Thanks for the fun videos and play some old comedy team theme music.😄

This music makes me happy.

I wonder how many people walk by and don't realize they are walking by a world class Dixieland Band that has traveled the world.

just great! loved the addition of the sax.

Happy musicians, happy audience, happy music, what do you want more? Hope to be lucky and see Tuba Skinny in Belgium in the near future. Gr. Marc

Absolutely great. Nice to see (hear) a clarinet and a soprano sax playing together.

What a great show. All are in top form. I am very excited about the sound. The sax player is a great addition to the band. Happy Easter James.

such talent !

Super excited to hear this

Hey guys thanks so much for posting good listen to your music all day

Great to see you-all back in form and ensconced on Royal.

"The city just announced that traffic will be banned on Royal again starting April 18, 2022" Oui, reprenons la rue aux bagnoles !!!

If you're not smiling after listening to Tuba Skinny, then perhaps you should check your pulse!!

Shaye Cohn is one talented and beautiful woman.

No mic’s or amp’s just superb music.

And what a fun piece that was. Watched it three times and will certainly come back to revisit it many more. Thanks Jim. Captured it just right.

Great news one of the most popular tourist attractions is open again. The buskers are parrt of the N.O. cculture

Fantastic!

so pleased you got the road back. :)

Thanks!

@JamesSterling

Жыл бұрын

A belated thank you Leslie! I somehow missed your post. I'll apply that to my next trip to record the band.

heavenly

Shaye, I love you a lot...

Watch your slide with that traffic , the police causing a traffic " jam"

Every time I see these guys there seem to be less of them!

Robin is a beast!!!

Wonderfull.

This polyphonic sound is really nuanced and is pretty much nonexistent in today´s jazz. i do use it in my band however. And it really ramps up the excitement level with the listeners!

I really like the clarinet player.

@JamesSterling

2 жыл бұрын

Craig Flory

@anonymusum

2 жыл бұрын

@@JamesSterling Thanks again. My father was a classical clarinet player in a symphony orchestra, that´s why I guess I can evaluate that Craig is a real good one.

Has Brian Eastwood been asked to be more or less one of the band? He should. Also, are TS in Switzerland or back in N.O.? How did the mayoral situation in Royal Street resolve itself? Well done, James.

@JamesSterling

2 жыл бұрын

Brian only sat in for the first set that day. I always like the band when it adds a sax player, though I prefer a tenor or alto sax (Jon Doyle/Ewan Bleach; and Craig Flory is an excellent tenor sax player). I texted with Robin a bit yesterday so I believe they should be back in U.S. by now. I suspect that viewer emails to the mayor had an effect plus the fact that FQF and Jazz Fest are upon us also pushed her to make the change.

@JamesHigham

2 жыл бұрын

@@JamesSterling Thx so much for that. Any of those saxes would be the thing, that ss was so smooth though and Brian is good people.

@JamesHigham

2 жыл бұрын

Had to smile though James, you wrote "sat in" but he was having quite a job trying to sit down in Still I'm Travelin' On. 😁

well done, who is this new soprane player?

@JamesSterling

2 жыл бұрын

His name is Brian Eastwood. He just sat in for a few tunes that day.

You want to know what I hate, “Comments Turned Off”!

@JamesSterling

2 жыл бұрын

If you are referring to the police video I turned them off because the video has served the intended effect. Tuba Skinny called me and asked that I be there for the protest. The purpose was to bring attention to the fact that the city was allowing traffic in a designated pedestrian mall preventing buskers from playing in the street. Two weeks later, after the video created so much public outrage, the city relented and returned Royal Street to a pedestrian mall. Over 1000 comments were made in the two weeks. Every point to be made has been made and the video served it's intended purpose. And unfortunately some commenters posted things that violate KZread standards of conduct. I had to monitor constantly and delete these comments or risk having the video or my channel shut down. Like them or not, if you play on KZread you have to play by their rules.

Is the soprano sax new?

@JamesSterling

2 жыл бұрын

He sat in for the first set. He is not a new member of the band as far as I know.

Used to go to the Big Easy a lot in 90's through 2010... But with woke attitude.... no more. Thanks Tuba Skinny.. you all are great. Miss seeing Erica..

What happened to Erika?

@brendamello2202

2 жыл бұрын

Erika has just completed a successful tour with Tuba Skinny in Bern Switzerland from April 12---16. Look for her at the upcoming festivals. She now makes her home in Asheville N.C.

@kino34

2 жыл бұрын

@@brendamello2202 Thanks.

Jim, why do you film this wonderful, talented band where pedestrians or vehicular traffic is between the band and the camera? IMHO, it takes away from the enjoyment of listening and seeing the band.

@JamesSterling

2 жыл бұрын

Because that's where they were playing. And it is where the band loves to play and where they got their start, playing in the streets. Where do you suggest I stand. In the street? On the sidewalk behind the band filming their backs? If you have been following my channel or any of the Tuba Skinny Facebook pages you would be aware that Tuba Skinny and other bands took to the street that day to protest the City of New Orleans policy of allowing vehicular traffic on Royal Street instead of returning it to a pedestrian mall as it has been in the past. Watch the video of the confrontation with the policeman on this same day to understand. I was there that day because the band called me and asked to record anything that happened. That's why I filmed them there.

@Referee006

2 жыл бұрын

@@JamesSterling Jim, I was not commenting on the venue in which the band was playing. I was commenting on the fact that from where you were filming, there were many pedestrians walking between the band and your camera which, IMHO, detracted from the band and their music. Also, you seemed too far away from the band. Also, in a previous video, it seemed that you were standing across the street from the band because there was a continuous flow of traffic including cars and trucks, moving between the band and your camera which, once again IMHO, severely detracted from the band and its music. I would suggest that you move closer to the band when you film the band so that there may be an occasional person walking in front of your camera, and even if you don't get the entire band in your videos, you can pan the band periodically to capture each of the musicians playing their instruments especially when they are playing solos. And, by standing closer to the band as they are playing, IMHO the sound will improve greatly.

@JamesSterling

2 жыл бұрын

@@Referee006 I do not know how to make this any simpler. I am on the sidewalk opposite the band, as close to the curb as I can get. Between me and the band is Royal Street, which on that day was open to vehicular traffic. The only way to get closer to the band is to stand in the middle of the street where cars are passing. Think about what you are asking. I can't stop the traffic. I can't stand in the middle of the street and obstruct traffic. I can't stop pedestrians from walking in front of me. You have no concept of what was happening. I film what is in front of me and I have no control over it. Have you ever been to New Orleans and watched any of the bands busking on Royal? Watch the very end of this video recorded on the same day to get an idea of where I was standing. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iJmZxst8g7Ccpbg.html&ab_channel=JamesSterling Again, the only way to get closer to the band is to stand in the middle of a street open to traffic.

@Referee006

2 жыл бұрын

@@JamesSterling Jim, I am not suggesting that you stand in the middle of the street and block traffic, nor am I suggesting that you stop pedestrians from walking in front of you. Why don't you place yourself on the same side of the street as the band and maybe stand a little off to the side of the band and not in front of it.

@JamesSterling

2 жыл бұрын

@@Referee006 OK, now we are communicating clearly. Good question, There are two reasons. One is if I stand to one side the microphone tends to mostly pick up the instrument nearest to the camera overwhelming the other instruments. The other is that if I stand on the side the band members nearest me would obscure the other band members. To the right of the band you will notice that Craig and Brian are standing which would obstruct the view of the other band members. Same thing on the other side because Todd is standing with his sousaphone. Now if there was no vehicular traffic I might be able position myself in the street diagonally to shoot at an angle but as already stated, that was not an option. Even then you would see pedestrians walking in front of the camera. I do not stand close directly in front of the band because it obstructs the view of others in the audience.

There are not enough spectators .. And how are the training camps?

@JamesSterling

2 жыл бұрын

There were many people on the sidewalk behind me and in a restaurant behind me, all enjoying the band.

Where's Erika Lewis, it ain't the same vibe without er .

@emiliolopezify

2 жыл бұрын

Erika lives no longer in New Orleans. I guess since 2017. But she toured with the band every year and she appears often playing with the band on festivals too. So sometimes you see her with the band and sometimes not.

@JamesSterling

2 жыл бұрын

@@emiliolopezify Thank you. I get tired of answering this in every video.

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