Sunday, May 12, 2013
The Soundies #12
This is a movie scene from the soundie era. A couple of years ago, I was a captive audience for the film Hellzapoppin' (1941). Ole Olson and Chic Johnson are not funny at all, and I wasn't expecting this pleasant surprise. The scene starts with Slim and Slam—Slim Gaillard on piano and Slam
Stewart on bass—who had a hit with "Flat Foot Floogie" in 1938. They are joined by Rex Stewart, trumpet; Jap Jones, trombone; Elmer Fane, clarinet; and C. P. Jonstone (or Johnson), drums. The dancers are the Harlem Congeroos. One of the songs listed on the soundtrack is called "Congeroo," so this is probably it.
Labels:
jazz,
Slam Stewart,
Slim Gaillard,
soundies
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