A trumpet tour de force by the great Harry James.
Bonus video: a short clip from the 1945 movie, Blues in the Night, featuring some very propulsive boogie-woogie. The excitable guy is none other than Elia Kazan. This film includes what, I believe, may be the only appearance by the Jimmy Lunceford orchestra in a full-length movie. Lunceford isn't as well known today as other big names, but back in the day, he was almost as popular as Count Basie and Duke Ellington.
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Boy, does that bring back memories. My dad could play boogie woogie like that on the piano. Unfortunately, we lost the piano in the 50s, and never could get another one.
ReplyDeleteIf he could play boogie-woogie, Rebecca, then I honor him above all men.
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