Goodness, I just marked it up from a 9 to a 10. Exquisite to my ears. 

Awful!!

*sigh*  I grew up with this music. Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller... Really makes me wish my dad was still alive. I have his clarinet, though - the one he used to play when he was in a big band. There are a couple of broken pieces, but I can't seem to part with it, as if by hanging onto it, I'm hanging onto Dad.  I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for big-band music.

Yes, well done. Mostly in the tread-like rhythm section—in the 007 theme, that was the guitar's job. 

Would love to hear RPers' opinion of Artie Shaw as a clarinet player—was he the best of his time? Very interesting and rather difficult guy, even by his own admission. Apparently he'd get fed up with touring and literally walk off the bandstand during a performance. He finally just stopped playing at 44—put the clarinet down and never picked it up again. Became a crack shot, though.  

No, it's not "Summertime"; both tunes happen to be in minor keys with similar adornments and turn-arounds though.

Took a lot of guts to say, "Enough!" and walk away. That era's top clarinetists would likely be Shaw, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, and Barney Bigard (with Ellington). Trying to say which one is "the best" only starts one of those pointless arguments, since they were all imaginative, fiery composers, and technical masters.

Predating that era by a bit is Ross Gorman, who in 1924 created the glissando that opens "Rhapsody in Blue," while with Paul Whiteman's orchestra.

Only on RP. Thanks for the incomparable variety found nowhere else but here.

Only on RP. Thanks for the incomparable variety found nowhere else but here.

Yes, well done. Mostly in the tread-like rhythm section—in the 007 theme, that was the guitar's job. 

Would love to hear RPers' opinion of Artie Shaw as a clarinet player—was he the best of his time? Very interesting and rather difficult guy, even by his own admission. Apparently he'd get fed up with touring and literally walk off the bandstand during a performance. He finally just stopped playing at 44—put the clarinet down and never picked it up again. Became a crack shot, though.  

Anyone else here notice the subtle 007 theme in the background?  Could this be the original influence for the infamous bond music?

First time I heard this was when I saw the movie "The Aviator" - perfect use of a song in a movie.

*sigh*  I grew up with this music. Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller... Really makes me wish my dad was still alive. I have his clarinet, though - the one he used to play when he was in a big band. There are a couple of broken pieces, but I can't seem to part with it, as if by hanging onto it, I'm hanging onto Dad.  I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for big-band music.

I'm sure the club is larger than we think.  
I was raised on big band, dixieland, marching brass bands, classical and a few other genres.  I think that's why RP has such appeal for me. I have some of my Dad's collection but it's on reel to reel and LP and I don't have a system to play it.  
I'm going to digress a bit as I'm feeling nostalgic, please forgive me.
He had a state of the art system for 1969.  Two tape decks, turn table, AM/FM/SW radio, three channel pre-amps,  and a couple of other electronic items I forget the names of.  All tubes and It as all housed in a cabinet 6 ft high, 5 ft wide and 2 ft deep.  The speakers were in cabinets 4 ft high by 2 ft.  My Mom called it "The Monster".  I used to get in the cabinet and flip switches and turn dials and pretend I was a mad scientist working on controlling the world. 
He had one chair placed in optimal position to get the stereo effect.  Do you remember that commercial with the guy sitting in front of the big speakers JBL I think, and the glass of wine starts to slide off the little table. It was a little like that. 
Sometimes on Saturday morning, Dad would put on the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace and crank up the volume until things started rattling off the shelves.  I can still hear the horses hove's clatter against the cobble stones as the moved from left to right and the Sargent Major's voice yelling out the commands.  Then the royal band would kick in.  Even a pillow pulled over your head couldn't keep out the sound.  Yep, time to get up.
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Thanks for letting me take a little trip.
Doug 

and I thought I was the only one.  I have quite a collection myself.  My Mom, at 90 keeps the music alive for me.
I will always love Big Band.

*sigh*  I grew up with this music. Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller... Really makes me wish my dad was still alive. I have his clarinet, though - the one he used to play when he was in a big band. There are a couple of broken pieces, but I can't seem to part with it, as if by hanging onto it, I'm hanging onto Dad.  I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for big-band music.

Hmm. I know this song by the name Summertime.... funny it should sound dark.

This is why I love RP!  Where else can you hear an Artie Shaw song between one by Neil Young and one by The Beatles?  I've never heard this before!

Loved all his commentary in Ken Burns's Jazz. Awesome music, awesome dude.

Nightmare is a good name - unusual dark theme for a song like this.