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BILL WATROUS trombone slide preparation 1999 Posted by: clydeyasuhara
Video duration: 519 seconds Great trombonist BILL WATROUS demonstrates his personal techniques for cleaning and lubricating the handslide. With his [pre-Mount Vernon] New York prototype Bach 16M Stradivarius tenor trombone, Mr. Watrous discusses trombonistic maintenance using a wrapped cleaning rod, Pond's cold cream and distilled water. Videotaped by "some smart dude" (Clyde Yasuhara) on June 6, 1999. Related: aid, amateur, band, brass, educational, inner, instructions, jazz, legit, music, outer, professional, r., stocking, student, william |
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PIDGIN TO DA MAX local kine comedy 1983 Posted by: clydeyasuhara
Video duration: 349 seconds Howzit, brah! Excerpt from the PIDGIN TO DA MAX comedy special featuring Kati Kuroda, Clyde Yasuhara (as Hauna Charlie and Panty Hiram) , Tammey Takahashi, James Grant Benton (as Ete Bollinbol), Clayton Wai, David Simmons and Maureen Nazarino. Based on the popular book by Peppo (Douglas Simonson). Aired November 24, 1983 on KGMB TV in Honolulu, Hawaii. Mahalo & Aloha! Related: actor, asian, character, filipino, hawaiian, humor, kden, multi-cultural |
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BILL WATROUS trombone performance & vibrato 1999 Posted by: clydeyasuhara
Video duration: 432 seconds Great trombonist BILL WATROUS discusses and demonstrates trombonistic performance and vibrato on "the most expressive and wonderful of all the instruments." Videotaped by Clyde Yasuhara on June 6, 1999. Related: again, angeles, bernie, dorsey, glow, green, in, jobim, los, love, new, russell, scene, si, studio, tommy, urbie, vs, william, york, zentner |
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BILL WATROUS trombone embouchure maintenance Posted by: clydeyasuhara
Video duration: 481 seconds Great trombonist BILL WATROUS discusses and demonstrates trombonistic embouchure maintenance and control. Watrous emphasizes that the trombone be treated as "An expression of the voice...it's a vocal thing." Videotaped by Clyde Yasuhara on June 6, 1999. Related: amateurs, balance, band, brass, educational, graceful, instructions, jazz, kenton, lips, melodic, mental, mouthpiece, music, physical, preparation, pressure, professional, setting, stan, stress, students, warm-up, william |
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BILL WATROUS high school trombone & Kenton Posted by: clydeyasuhara
Video duration: 262 seconds Great trombonist BILL WATROUS discusses his high school band teacher Ben Venuti, the Stan Kenton trombone sound, and the importance of music. Bill also plays two short interpretations of "I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair." Videotaped by Clyde Yasuhara on June 6, 1999. Related: angeles, bob, carle, fitzpatrick, frankie, jazz, los, model, olds, russell, super, william |
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KENTON SOUND 1998 Pete Rugolo & Curnow Posted by: clydeyasuhara
Video duration: 547 seconds Composer and arranger PETE RUGOLO is interviewed by BOB CURNOW at the Kenton Sound Concert on August 22, 1998. Videotaped by Clyde Yasuhara at Occidental College in Eagle Rock, California. Related: arrangements, band, bartok, big, dance, eddie, halls, holman, jazz, kenton, kentonites, manne, modern, music, musso, one-nighters, progressive, radio, russo, safransky, shelly, sierra, stan, stravinsky, vido |
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WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK The Chase commercial 1998 Posted by: clydeyasuhara
Video duration: 36 seconds CLYDE YASUHARA as Al and CHRISTOPHER HART as Steve in WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK "The Chase" commercial (1998). Directed by ADAM BERNSTEIN. Related: actor, advertising, asian, banking, character, finance, hawaii, hawaiian, television, tv |
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PETE RUGOLO interview 2000 STAN KENTON Posted by: clydeyasuhara
Video duration: 110 seconds Exclusive interview with PETE RUGOLO, jazz composer & arranger, at his home in Sherman Oaks, California on June 27, 2000. Pete talks about his first meeting with bandleader STAN KENTON in San Francisco. Interviewer & Producer: CLYDE YASUHARA. Related: army, band, college, fort, gate, golden, history, meadowbrook, mills, modern, music, oral, orchestra, progressive, scott, theater |
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PIDGIN TO DA MAX Popolo Suntan Lotion 1984 Posted by: clydeyasuhara
Video duration: 59 seconds PIDGIN TO DA MAX HANA HOU: CLYDE YASUHARA as Brad and RUFUS HARRIS as Vance Mishima in POPOLO SUNTAN LOTION commercial parody. Based on the popular books of DOUGLAS SIMONSON (Peppo). Aired November 1984 on KGMB TV in Honolulu, Hawaii Related: 1979, african, american, asian, barack, black, class, comedy, ethnic, hawaiian, humor, kamehameha, local, multi-cultural, obama, of, olopop, punahou, racial, satire, stereotype |
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PIDGIN TO DA MAX Words Fo' Live By 1983 Posted by: clydeyasuhara
Video duration: 112 seconds CLYDE YASUHARA as Reverend Ed Wassamatayuchi delivering inspirational "Words Fo' Live By" on the PIDGIN TO DA MAX television comedy special. Based on the popular book PIDGIN TO DA MAX by Peppo. Aired November 24, 1983 on KGMB TV in Honolulu, Hawaii. Related: actor, asian, character, hawaiian, humor, kden, local |
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PETE RUGOLO interview 2000 Milhaud at Mills Posted by: clydeyasuhara
Video duration: 441 seconds Exclusive interview with PETE RUGOLO, jazz composer & arranger, at his home in Sherman Oaks, California on June 27, 2000. Pete reminisces about attending Mills College and studying music with famed French composer DARIUS MILHAUD. Interviewer & Producer: CLYDE YASUHARA. Related: arthur, ballroom, berger, charles, cowell, harrison, henry, history, jones, kenton, lou, modern, oral, progressive, stan, sweets |
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THRILLER theme PETE RUGOLO Boris Karloff Posted by: clydeyasuhara
Video duration: 100 seconds THRILLER theme composed and arranged by PETE RUGOLO. Dig those crazy bongos! Related: bass, credits, drums, end, flute, jazz, kenton, lead, music, progressive, reeds, score, series, solo, soundtrack, stan, television, trombone, trombones, trumpet, trumpets, tv, vibes |
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PRIMETIME GLICK with MARTIN SHORT 2002 Posted by: clydeyasuhara
Video duration: 44 seconds MARTIN SHORT as Jiminy Glick, MICHAEL McKEAN as Adrien Van Voorhees, and CLYDE YASUHARA as Ying in PRIMETIME GLICK. Directed by Paul Flaherty. Aired February 23, 2002 on Comedy Central. Related: actor, asian, character, chinese, comic, e., lowe, midget, orient, pittsburgh, racial, sctv, skip, stereotype |














