Charlie Barnet - Skyliner video free download

dept2

The guitar player is a young Barney Kessel. There's also a young Doc Severinson in the trumpet section but you can't see him on the video. And..this is NOT live - it's pre-recorded!!!!! They are just playing along with an earlier recording.

splendidcurves

Who is the guitarist?

Neuza Santos

Amei!!! e cadê "Early Autumn"

Der Alte

the guitarist is definitely Turk van Lake!. Must Know it, cause he is my armenian uncle. Thank´s for posting!

Der Alte

the guitarist is definetily Turk Van Lake. Don´t forget that charlie Barnet made movies in 1945, end of 1945 was drum-chair-change from hal hahn (on drums to see HH)! to george jenkins (from the Lionel Hampton Band)

Der Alte

on drums hal hahn (one of the best drummers of his age!)

Frank Sandpont

Nothing like the Boards of Canada track i was searching for but not bad. not bad. 

Broadway Classics

I love how the arrangement begins with the counter melody and later layers the lead melody on top of it. Was Barnet the arranger or was it Billy May?

Daan Temmink

amazing players

MrSpadeofAce

i love this.. they were more classy back then

ghairraigh

This is a wonderful Charlie Barnet chart that we play in our big band. Unlike many swing era hits, "Skyliner" is largely forgotten and omitted from modern big band repertoire because it is so difficult to play. The repeated brass pyramid breaks where each horn enters in turn are hard to perform smoothly at tempo. Watch for the Barney Kessel guitar solo.

KE7SFR

That's a soprano sax. And Goodman was good, but not the best.

Scruffy McBear

Benny Goodman is still better on the clarinet.

Arthur Uvaas

I usually never reply to inquiries, but for you-- EVANUPS, I'll make an exception. If you're a musician --get a group of friends together--and start playing the music. Purchase; download, etc. all the marvelous memorable tunes from the era. Enjoy them. Study them. After that, you can branch out to more eclectic, obscure works. Become a high school and/or college DJ on the campus radio station, and tell the adviser/general manager that you're interested in starting a big band program.

evanups

I'm 17 and i hope to spread this great music on to my friends! any suggestions?

francisco javier lopez

Charles Daly Barnet, (Nueva York, 26 de octubre de 1913 - 4 de septiembre de 1991) fue un músico estadounidense de jazz, saxofonista tenor y director de big band; tocaba también el alto y el soprano.

Arthur Uvaas

This is fantastic footage of Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra playing SKYLINER. As a disc jockey at Los Angeles' suburban BIG BAND radio station: AM-900: KGRB, West Covina, California, (in 1995), I used to play this quite often, following Perez Prado's: CHERRY PINK AND APPLE BLOSSOMS' WHITE. The radio station--like the artists--are long gone; but, the music and the memories will last forever. Let's introduce this music to discerning younger listeners who will perpetuate this legacy.

Mcoov

Indeed. Barnet didn't know how to play a clarinet, so he never used one.

Wade Harris

That's actually a soprano sax.

David Fletcher

I looks like a mid-40s "soundie"....the one-reeler video jukebox items that were popular then (you had to stare at a movieola screen). Could also be from a short subject film....not live, but produced in a small movie studio. From the haircuts, and Charlie's appearance, I'd date it to 1945. His Decca Records band from 43-46 had this sort of sound; electric guitar breaks start to show up on his records around 44. Does your video source have additional info? Decca single was in 44, wasn't it?

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