Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers - Jumpin Jive, A Layman's Reaction
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- Опубліковано 13 тра 2024
- A Layman's Reaction: Jumpin Jive - Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers
Here's a clip from the movie "Stormy Weather" (1943) featuring Cab Calloway and his orchestra performing "Jumpin Jive". After awhile they let the Nicholas Brothers jump in and lend their feet to the action.
Link used: • Jumpin Jive - Cab Call...
Cabell Calloway III was an American jazz singer and bandleader. He was a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he became a popular vocalist of the swing era. His niche of mixing jazz and vaudeville won him acclaim during a career that spanned over 65 years.
Born: December 25, 1907, Rochester, NY
Died: November 18, 1994 (age 86 years), Hockessin, DE
The Nicholas Brothers were an entertainment act composed of brothers, Fayard and Harold, who excelled in a variety of dance techniques, primarily between the 1930s and 1950s.
Active from: 1926
Note: I do not own the rights to this song, I am just reacting to it. ]
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You gotta do The Nicholas Brothers-Down Argentine Way. Another amazing one by them.
(new sub) This performance it's been said was done in one take. Unfortunately all those great instruments aren't even used anymore -- the great saxophone, the horns, the piano(NOT the keyboard), the strings. It was a time of all the great musicals & a time when you could have an entire evening out for dinner, drink, a show & dancing. . Many famous people were good dancers -- Johnny Carson, Dean Martin, Jackie Gleason, Doris Day, Audrey Hepburn, a long list that goes on. At that time everyone had to know how to dance, even a little bit. For those too young to know what those weird sounding "words" were that were not really words, it's called "scat" -- something very common back then that added lots of fun to lyrics. Ella Fitzgerald was the female master of scat.
Maybe that is why I like those old movies so much...