Astro meets Duke Ellington?

[Tetsuwan Penguin]

OMG: This version of the Astro Theme sounds like "Astro takes the "A" train".
The Tokyo Brass:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=OyvEbCX8ybg

Another "Brass" band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_0gVTdvqqE

And then there is the "original" version of the Astro theme?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHs_ajbiIA0
Well maybe not?

The Tenma music festival performs the theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=LxrV9PyVghA

See what you can find when you search for Astro Boy on youtube in Japanese?

[AprilSeven]

Whoa, that is quite a collection !

The Tokyo Brass is FABULOUS!! I especially enjoyed the girl on the bass sax that was almost as long as she was tall! They were seriously EXCELLENT.

The Tenma music festival performance gets a "A" for effort (something tells me they weren't the headlining act!

Great finds though. That group in the parking lot could have been a school band. I'll BET you my brother Rick could have his kids play that . . . I'm gonna send him this!! THAT would be a riot - and of course, it could help expose a whole new American generation to the joys of !

Thanks, Penguin!

[Tetsuwan Penguin]

Take a close look at that school band video. A good deal of the store signs were in both English and Japanese (or Chinese?) So I'm guessing this wasn't recorded in the US.