Louis Armstrong remembers Bix Beiderbecke

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Jonathan Holmes

4 жыл бұрын

Louis Armstrong gives his opinions on Bix Beiderbecke's early demise

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@pawnee55 4 жыл бұрын

"He didn't know how to say NO. And he didn't know how to say GOOD NIGHT." Priceless.

@Cam-gk9ms 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's pretty crazy. Never heard anybody speak about him like that.. I know so many people like that today.

@Conn30Mtenor 3 жыл бұрын

I agree. Incredibly profound. When Rex Stewart first met Louis, he was drinking too much- Louis said "boy, you gotta stop with that gin. There'll be flowers, but you won't be smelling 'em."

@15emac 2 жыл бұрын

I worked in a restaurant where Louis Armstrong & His All Stars played. He was so charismatic & the people adored him-we had 2 kids who played trumpet & a girl who played piano-Louis had them bring in their horns & after the set he & his piano man Marty napoleon jammed "Five Foot 2 Eyes of Blue" with our guys-it was the only tune they all knew-it was unreal!

@danielduggan5495 Жыл бұрын

yeah my favourite line- so hardline- man it is abrupt but it is so clinical- it is like a symbol in the midst of free jazz- pulls the tempo out.

@TRHARTAmericanArtist 8 ай бұрын

Louis was such a good man. He came up from tough times and because of his good sense, he became a legend.

@barbaraeffros4804 17 күн бұрын

Thank you Jonathan, this is an amazing piece of history.🎶🎺🎶

@Women_Rock 4 жыл бұрын

What a treat it would have been to have a recording of Bix and Louie playing that evening in *Chicago.

@msjazzmeblues 3 жыл бұрын

That was Chicago.

@wayneengle4473 2 жыл бұрын

It certainly would! Would be a priceless recording.

@aaron-dd5zr 5 ай бұрын

My Grandfather was in a Jazz band in Connecticut. After returning from WW11, he was a Trumpet,and the Coronet piece he put on the end of his Trumpet, the Slide Trombone . That music i still listen to. Good to see a Utube leaves no music unturned. Glad to see others here enjoying it. Spread the Word,

@ABrandsma 4 жыл бұрын

So Armstrong here gives just in one sentence the (often disputed) proof, that he and Bix met, (at least 3 times) practised together and respected each others work. Jazz brings people together, shouldn't be used to devide them.

@goshlikkrudbahr5109 3 жыл бұрын

who disputed it? And furthermore, why? Bix and Freddie Keppard? You'd have a point. 😉

@VictrolaJazz 4 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful reminiscence. Wish it could have gone on for an hour, which it probably did! Sad about Bix, too!

@brianholihan5497 9 ай бұрын

A lot of musicians have fantasy jams--great musicians playing together in sessions that were never recorded. The jam that Louis and Bix had while alone in that room is at the top my my list.

@rickwilmot9127 2 жыл бұрын

Real piece of jazz history. Thanks for posting...

@emmanuely4685 2 жыл бұрын

1:49 "You take people that don't understand your wrongs, they're not your friends."

@dirtyunclehubert 2 жыл бұрын

satchmo speaks words of great great life wisdom here, people take note!

@Django44 2 жыл бұрын

Not an ounce of ego in Pops; he gave credit where credit was due but also placed limits on where it wasn't. Can't be more realistic - and fair - than that.

@wayneengle4473 2 жыл бұрын

That photo shows Bix's good looks, in the eyes of many women, much better than photos taken of his face, straight on.

@jackwilloughby239 8 ай бұрын

I was thinking that Tom Holland could do a wonderful Bio Pic of Bix.

@james-flynn1938 4 жыл бұрын

This realy interesting this im certainly sharing this one

@giovannirivoira5496 2 жыл бұрын

A gem of a reminiscence!!!thank you so much!!

@turtlevox4181 4 ай бұрын

Oh, to have been present for those 4 AM jam sessions.

@bobtaylor170 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thank you.

@SpielinWhelan Жыл бұрын

Bix and Louis playing together .........oh to have been there

@danielduggan5495 Жыл бұрын

You know, if you listen to this tribute- at one point Lou mumble's 'clean out'- well Bix drunk himself to death- according to Jazz myth his trumpet sounded like 'bullets shot from a silver bell.' But as Lou points out- what is more important man- you get love and you get no help? Or you quit playin' and you DO!

@samderrick Жыл бұрын

2:40 Louis was a straight shooter, lol.

@DanielWestwick 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant piece of jazz history. When was it recorded?

@JonathanHolmesjazz 4 жыл бұрын

I think it was the late 1960s when Louis came to visit the UK.

@danielduggan5495 Жыл бұрын

Lou- well you listen- he is loving, he may sound a little crazy- but he was so, so aware of one thing: 'when the music is over turn off the lights.' xx

@neilmclachlan3931 8 ай бұрын

A very astute guy, Mr Armstring, mostly sounds like he's goofing around,but not here.

@nmonye01 Жыл бұрын

Wisdom

@rma3_3_3 Жыл бұрын

♡♡♡

@seanchilton1719 2 жыл бұрын

Its Sad for a musician Jazz trumpet player. and DRANK Alcohol, and had pneumonia. It's Sad that someone's life gets cut sort by drinking alcohol and died at age 31 years old. But on the other hand Bix Biederbeke was a wonderful Jazz composer. He could've lived longer and continue to play swing Jazz. Sean CHILTON Musician

@camthesaxman3387 Жыл бұрын

Sad that so many jazz musicians had such short lives. We miss a lot of musical development that would've happened had they lived longer. Few of them lived past 70.

@loilt5091 Ай бұрын

Love Louis…straight no chaser‼️

@ser010267 3 жыл бұрын

One man from Queens reminiscing about another from the same borough

@jgeur 3 жыл бұрын

bix was from iowa

@treasuremuch9185 2 жыл бұрын

@@jgeur Died in Queens anyway, lived there for a while beforehand.

@henrybrowne7248 2 жыл бұрын

Beiderbecke's last years were utterly miserable, I read somewhere.

@darz3829 2 жыл бұрын

From the photo of Bix it looks like he had cysts on his upper and lower lips. I know that Louis would sometimes have his lips bleed but one never thinks Bix played that hard.

@delphinazizumbo8674 3 ай бұрын

"yer followers would cling to you hang around just to meet you some threw roses at your feet and watched you pass out on the street, Drunken Angel"

@seanchilton1719 2 жыл бұрын

People who are Musician's of swing Jazz and blues they need to say NO! to people of offering Alcohol and drugs. and smokes in this time period. 20' 30's 40's 50's and so on. The Musicians, didn't really know what to say I guess. I think in the reading of Bix Biederbecke he had Learning difficulties. Probably Dyslexia. Sean

@t.tocsmaillup8685 Жыл бұрын

Bix was 28 according to history he died in 31

@goshlikkrudbahr5109 3 жыл бұрын

When Louis shuts down the annoying interviewer's question about Frank Trumbauer.

@TheHeater90 Жыл бұрын

What was so bad about that question? It was a simple question: did he do anything in that period with Frankie Trumbauer? And I don't think Louis' answer was a shut down, it was a simple answer. "I didn't do anything with Frankie, but I got all the records with him and Bix." Simple question - simple, honest answer. The follow up about Henry Allen doing something with them didn't interest Louis because he wasn't involved in those sessions so he can't speak to it.

@brucekuehn4031 Жыл бұрын

The dates for Bix that I’ve seen put his death at age 28. By most accounts, he wasn’t much good the last couple of years. That’s a LOT of drinking! He must have been totally addicted to it with maybe some other psych problems contributing.

@ChristopherBix2 6 ай бұрын

Totally uninformed conjecture. People act like Bix was the only person who drank to excess, when in fact, it was prohibition and almost everyone did. Bing Crosby was in the same band with Bix and he's stated that Bix didn't drink more than any of the rest of them.

@brucekuehn4031 6 ай бұрын

In 1929, Bix went back home to Davenport, Iowa and his parents helped get him into a treatment institute for alcoholism in Illinois where he spent a little over a month. He died in 1931.

@danielduggan5495 Жыл бұрын

If you learn anything from this- stop creating start listening and go to your Doctors x

@ChristopherBix2 6 ай бұрын

So... you can't keep creating and go to the doctor both?