Watching this is hard to feel like we haven’t just lost so much sophistication and elegance as time as plodded forward.. awesome clip!
@Kemetic111 жыл бұрын
Just discovered that my great aunt is one of the dancers toward the end of the clip. The lady in black is Florence Hill and she also spent years as a Regalette in Chicago's famed Regal Theater. Thank you so much for posting this and giving my family a piece of historical presence. We never knew she performed in films and danced with the great Duke. She would say these things but what did we care, she was an old lady. Lol! Glad we listened anyway. I loved my Big Florence dearly. 1911-1992
@bigeman255 жыл бұрын
God bless her, she sure could dance!
@jamillahcarter71574 жыл бұрын
What an Enormous Treasure she'll always be. Peace
@petertaylor36004 жыл бұрын
Well, you should have listened. Old ladies aren't born that way. They can do this stuff when they're young enough!! Well, done great aunt!
@F0nkyNinja3 жыл бұрын
She said she danced with Duke Ellington and you didn't believe it? That's tragic.
@talib-toddhill-muhammad99893 жыл бұрын
@@F0nkyNinja we were children. We barely knew who Duke Ellington was ourselves. But like I said, I'm glad we listened. The seed was planted and as we got older we realized the treasure she was. Thanks for your comment.
@chrisha1595 Жыл бұрын
Simply. Beautiful. MUSIC.... TIMELESS. Thank you Duke!
@jazzguy1927 Жыл бұрын
Nice to hear Ellington playing that hot piano during the dancers in that last number. Back to the stride piano days of the 1920’s.
@glennhecker44222 жыл бұрын
That. Was. ACE. Ahead of their time. Duke and his band were stylistically very versatile!
@jourwalis-8875 Жыл бұрын
This is so wonderful and nicely done. Both musically and the cinematography and editing. And it´s now 90 years old! Amazing clip!
@jourwalis-8875 Жыл бұрын
The dance number in the end looks so modern or timeless! Considering it is 90 years old!
@DRLEWIS2 жыл бұрын
Such an elegant man.
@luckydave3283 жыл бұрын
Some extraordinary performances here !
@roslynevelyn66165 жыл бұрын
I Love Live Bands! Duke is the Best!
@SEANFIR8 жыл бұрын
WOW! how didi they get the fidelity so aMAZING on this old film!?
@yuriandropov21146 жыл бұрын
You only need ONE mic, y'know
@F0nkyNinja3 жыл бұрын
The music is pre-recorded.
@NycBeauty10 жыл бұрын
I love the way he speaks
@JUSTASITTINANDAROCK11 жыл бұрын
Yes !!! Many thanks for tour comments , best regards , NICKY .
@migueldevillers59564 жыл бұрын
Formidable de voir et écouter une tel archive de plus de bonne qualité j'ai vraiment apprécié merci à vous pour ce partage.
@NycBeauty10 жыл бұрын
Applause.
@dwaynewladyka5777 жыл бұрын
Fabulous music! Love it.
@fromthesidelines6 жыл бұрын
"Stormy Weather", by Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler, was introduced in the 1933 "Cotton Club Revue" by Ethel Waters.
@mochawitch6 жыл бұрын
absolutely LOVE this❤❤❤
@althazarr13 жыл бұрын
Fantastic Soundie!!! Love the Duke!
@umarel-nafaty56408 жыл бұрын
Thanks alot. You took me back to the days of jazzhour with Willis Conover!
@geoffellisonline94Ай бұрын
Thats a name I havent heard for years! I uised to listen to Conover on the AFN Jazz programme in the 1950s 0n a crackly old radio and the the signal fading in and out...I think he had Armstrong's Cornet Chop Suey as his signature tune!
@NycBeauty10 жыл бұрын
Real CLASS
@TheBrendaji Жыл бұрын
That girl has impeccable time!
@ronforeman25564 жыл бұрын
Wow! Just Wow!
@committeelectc66863 жыл бұрын
Without seeing it in the video, I wouldn't have know there was a BASS saxophone in the arrangement.
@christopherlucy17722 жыл бұрын
Beautiful ❤️
@FireypepperCP5 жыл бұрын
Had to comment to say that Adam Neely used this footage for his video! I recognized it immediately and got giddy.
@SpikedCollar6664 ай бұрын
Whoa my dad would sing that… stormyyy weatherrr… I always wondered what that was from. He was born in 37.
@carmendemetrio76856 жыл бұрын
Extraordinarias imágenes ❗️😃😃😃 Thank you!..
@johnwhitehead33603 жыл бұрын
Wonderful - much appreciated -Thank You
@loraineebomah96783 жыл бұрын
You got it going on! Great!
@didoudingue180110 ай бұрын
Let's dance!
@MrRichiekaye13 жыл бұрын
Wonderful, thanks Joe.
@annapluskota32473 жыл бұрын
O my God....
@jpdecaens13 жыл бұрын
Encore une perle précieuse ! Salut Nicky et merci ! Keep on swingin'. JP
@geli-anton Жыл бұрын
Beautiful interpretation
@manuelmorante94658 ай бұрын
😍😍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@marialaurapanzeri29996 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading it
@robbie6961213 жыл бұрын
Hey Nicky, Awesome!!! Thanks for sharing, All the best & looking forward to your next post.
@ElectroSwingable13 жыл бұрын
Great nice tunes
@agnusize2 жыл бұрын
Maravilha!
@VeraAzarkhva12 жыл бұрын
Love this! x :) Vera
@Twentythousandlps6 жыл бұрын
After Stormy Weather, they play the Bugle Call Rag.
@leoncoda6 жыл бұрын
Before Stormy Weather : ”Rockin In Rhythm”
@ronforeman25564 жыл бұрын
From the condition of the dance sequence, I'm guessing they axed it from prints that went to "white" theaters in the sticks (if they included this Vitaphone short at all). If so, a lot of folks missed the best part!
@auramoscoso94782 жыл бұрын
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="25">0:25</a> a like this part
@joemaranzano13 жыл бұрын
@MrRichiekaye Bessie Dudley and Florence Hill
@SamB-ie4ho2 жыл бұрын
I’m in music class
@marchaldominique47609 жыл бұрын
The only one
@PG-lw5bg6 ай бұрын
The Duke got all of Fletcher Henderson's arrangements for $ 40 when Fletch was down on his luck...
America's Beethoven. Isn't Ivy Anderson off the wall GREAT? Thank you!
@ronforeman25564 жыл бұрын
That's Ivy Anderson? I'm in love (but don't tell my lovely & gracious wife of 41 yrs.)!
@marcoleone2248 Жыл бұрын
@@ronforeman2556 YES !! she's Ivy Anderson !!
@soapbxprod11 жыл бұрын
Same to you, Nicky! Just subscribed to you- swing on! Luke Sacher
@Servagio2 ай бұрын
Still super grateful to Dennis Potter and the BBC for the Singing Detective series' soundtrack. Completely blew my 12Y old mind and introduced me to Rockin in Rhythm (and The Mills Brothers as well as many others) . Great yardstick that opened up those 20s 30s 40s and 50s for me and also kinda ruined most other music for me (cause it lacked in quality compared th THIS)
@MrRichiekaye13 жыл бұрын
Great! Who were the dancers?
@jourwalis-8875 Жыл бұрын
Where is the mike (or the mikes)? Or is it playback?
@chubbs2732 жыл бұрын
who else here for their college course lol
@tl52295 жыл бұрын
..... POOR GAL, DON'T BE SOO DOWN ON YOUR LUCK.....😰😥😎
@auramoscoso94782 жыл бұрын
y love 16 september - 21 october
@auramoscoso94782 жыл бұрын
and you
@bigeman255 жыл бұрын
Any way I can find out who each of the band members is? What is that huge saxophone, bigger than the bass isn't it? Enjoyed this so much, hard to believe this was 1933.
@rogerofford86014 жыл бұрын
Thats Otto Hardwick playing bass sax
@MGAune4 жыл бұрын
Ray Nance is the trumpet player on the left. Sonny Greer on drums and percussion.
@doc10072 жыл бұрын
@@MGAune the trump. player is Freddie Jenkins.
@paul-emilechenois81958 ай бұрын
@@MGAune No, it's Freddie Jenkins, a left handed trumpet player. It's 1933 here, while Nance joined in 1940.
@Bigpoppaabe83 жыл бұрын
What is before stormy weather? just an intro? i've heard a phrase he uses in there somewhere else. its from <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="30">0:30</a> to <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="33">0:33</a>
@paul-emilechenois81958 ай бұрын
"Rocking in rhytthm".
@stephentindle12727 жыл бұрын
Is the singer Ivie Anderson?
@FireypepperCP7 жыл бұрын
I believe so!
@janlabij73026 жыл бұрын
Yes, Ivie Anderson
@shaquanbranch87026 жыл бұрын
Oh Hell yea
@mamarremamarremamarremamar40924 жыл бұрын
Wow ¿Who sings in "Stormy Weather"?
@jamesperry23222 жыл бұрын
Ivie Anderson...who was Duke's regular female vocalist in the '30's & 40's.
@MrClarkkerr2 жыл бұрын
Whose the singer on stormy weather?
@user-oy1cj8sz2x5 жыл бұрын
ボニーとクライド㋾イメージできるステキな楽団
@sir_jazzydoo88823 жыл бұрын
hm... does anyone have any info on the bass sax player? I am very interested as to who he is
@858jc73 жыл бұрын
The bass player's name is Wellman Braud.
@JonErikKellso3 жыл бұрын
Otto Hardwick is playing the bass sax. And yes, Wellman Braud is playing the string bass. But that isn’t what he asked.
@jamesperry23222 жыл бұрын
@@JonErikKellso It was Otto Hardwicke...who usually played alto saxophone.
@JonErikKellso2 жыл бұрын
@@jamesperry2322 correct
@Toracube9 ай бұрын
Who was the guitarist?
@paul-emilechenois81958 ай бұрын
Benny James, instead of the usual Fred Guy. Don't ask me why (illness? had to go back home to bury his great-grandfather?...).
@henridelagardere45847 жыл бұрын
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="69">1:09</a> The awkwardly strumming, strangely simian "guitar player" is not Fred Guy but one Benny James. I don't know who the hell came up with that disgraceful display, but it comes to show what even a Duke Ellington had to endure in the early years of his singular path to greatness.
@chriss43575 жыл бұрын
simian is really not a good word to use, and back for that time, the guy's hair is conked or like permed straight so his hair isn't in his natural that would help his natural looks the best.
@JonErikKellso3 жыл бұрын
I think he sounds great. Sure, maybe he was hamming it up for the camera, but he may have been instructed to do so.
@doc10072 жыл бұрын
He was the guitarist of the Mills Blue Rhythm Band who replaced duke and cab when they were travelling.
@thebudknight65482 жыл бұрын
Who the hell do you think you are? Numbnuts
@Msfracture Жыл бұрын
Get your ears cleaned, this is what pure and real sound sounds like, not refined and generic.
@user-ne8yh4jw6i3 жыл бұрын
im black
@cadenhannah6104 Жыл бұрын
NO
@plantdaddy34206 жыл бұрын
So pretentious and boring... But I have to calm down...it´s from a very special era... Ellington is allways Ellington, one of the Top-Notch band leader!
@hetmanjz5 жыл бұрын
Pretentious and boring? Like, exactly what aspect or part are you talking about?