Thursday, November 12, 2009

Happy Feet Friday

This is an audio gem from the old Jubillee radio series that highlighted African-American jazz artists whose performances were geared toward African-American soldiers serving overseas during WWII. Incidentally, I have a boxed set of cds consisting of a large selection of these performances, and they are fantastic; not only are the tunes exciting, but the recording quality is excellent (highly recommended).

So, without further ado, I present Dorothy Donegan beating out a certified foot-stomper called, appropriately enough, “Dorothy Donegan’s Boogie Woogie”.

4 comments:

Bob Belvedere said...

A good Boogie Woogie always lifts my spirits--thanks Paco.

PS: Is the box set available anywhere?

Paco said...

Bob: here's the link on Amazon - Jubilee Sessions.

Some great stuff from Count Basie, Andy Kirk, Erskine Hawkins and many others, including what, as far as I can tell, is the only recording of Bill Baranco and an all-star band playing the "Baranco Boogie" - an absolute killer boogie with loads of fine solos.

Paco said...

Sorry, Bob, it's Wilbert Baranco (Will, not Bill, as I had misremembered it).

It looks like you can listen to that particular tune here, for free.

Bob Belvedere said...

Thanks.