Video of the Week #91

I've been offline for a while due to problems with my Verizon internet connection, so I'm playing catch-up. Here are a couple of soundies from 1951.

Bob Crosby, younger brother of Bing, was a singer and bandleader from the '30s through the '50s. His band-within-a-band, the Bobcats, specialized in Dixieland jazz. Here they play "The March of the Bobcats." Five members of the octet are identified on screen. The others are Warren Smith, trombone; Nappy Lamare, guitar; and Bob Haggart, bass.

And now for something slightly different, a duet between Ray Bauduc and Bob Haggart, "Big Noise from Winnetka."

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New Orleans soprano saxophonist (and clarinetist) Sidney Bechet (1897-1959) was one of jazz's earliest soloists. He spent his last couple of decades in France, where he was a national hero. Here he is in July, 1958 at the Cannes Jazz Festival. He is accompanied by Teddy Buckner, trumpet; Vic Dickenson, trombone; Sammy Price, piano; Arwell Shaw, bass; and Roy Eldridge (!), drums.

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