Henry Mancini - Springtime for Hitler

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AndrewMeronek
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by AndrewMeronek »

OK, this has to be shared.

<YOUTUBE id="_nY1Sz6PU18">[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nY1Sz6PU18</YOUTUBE>

I definitely need to find this album.
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Kbiggs
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by Kbiggs »

Mel Brooks is a comic genius.
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elmsandr
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by elmsandr »

Need to use this as background music some time to just watch people try to figure out what the tune is.

Cheers,

Andy
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AndrewMeronek
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by AndrewMeronek »

That bass is cranked up a bit in that recording. Call me crazy: is that a bass trombone or a cimbasso?
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Posaunus
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by Posaunus »

[quote="AndrewMeronek"]That bass is cranked up a bit in that recording. Call me crazy: is that a bass trombone or a cimbasso?[/quote]

Contra? :idk:
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AndrewMeronek
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by AndrewMeronek »

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AtomicClock
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by AtomicClock »

One of who was Tommy Johnson, who also played cimbasso and contrabass trombone.
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AndrewMeronek
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by AndrewMeronek »

Wow, the personnel listed there for that album is ridiculous!
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JohnL
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by JohnL »

[quote="AndrewMeronek"]Wow, the personnel listed there for that album is ridiculous![/quote]
Gotta figure that Mancini's sessions were a big deal; if the opportunity came up to play for one, you made room in your schedule.
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EriKon
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by EriKon »

A lot of those guys were the typical line-up with many Mancini recordings. Like Dick Nash played basically everything that Mancini had written. Lloyd Ulyate as well as far as I know.
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by Dennis »

[quote="AndrewMeronek"]That bass is cranked up a bit in that recording. Call me crazy: is that a bass trombone or a cimbasso?[/quote]

Terry Woodson plays on that cut, and he was almost certainly playing bass trombone. Terry went from Don Ellis's band in the late 60s to being Mancini's first call bass trombonist and his music librarian/copyist.
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by Estraven »

Dammit, now my Cheerios are all over the breakfast table.

Can we / should we samba / salsa to that?