Ragtime, Jazz & Blues

LouisLee

Bessie Smith - Careless love blues (1925) (720p HD)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz2CZnf0aK8&hd=1



Love, oh love, oh careless love
You've fly through my head like wine
You've wrecked the life of a many poor girl
And you nearly spoiled this life of mine

Love, oh love, oh careless love
In your clutches of desire
You've made me break a many true vow
Then you set my very soul on fire

Love, oh love, oh careless love
All my happiness bereft
You've filled my heart with weary old blues
Now I'm walkin', talkin' to myself

Love, oh love, oh careless love
Trusted you now, it's too late
You've made me throw my old friend down
That's why I sing this song of hate

Love, oh love, oh careless love
Night and day, I weep and moan
You brought the wrong man into this life of mine
For my sins, till judgment I'll atone

LouisLee

Hildegarde "Alexander′s Ragtime Band Memories" 1938 (Set 1080p for the best quality)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qaJSqbDGmA&hd=1

LouisLee

"Unlucky Blues" - Bert Williams  1920 (Set 1080p for the best quality)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz5kietqLtg&hd=1

LouisLee

Spider Man Blues - Bessie Smith 1928

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_PF9kfLLmY&hd=1



Early in the mornin' when its dark and dreary out door
Early in the mornin' when its dark and dreary out door
I had a man who makes a web and hide while you sleeps and sno' (snore)

Never tried to sleep, mean eyes watch me day and night
Never tried to sleep, mean eyes watchin'  day and night
Catch every fly as fast as she can lite

That black man of mine sure has his spider ways
That black man of mine sure has his spider ways
Been crawlin' after me all of my natural days

I'm like a poor fly, spider man please let me go
I'm like a poor fly, spider man please let me go
You've got me locked up in your house and I can't break down your door

Somebody please kill me and throw me in the sea
Somebody please kill me and throw me in the sea
This spider man of mine is going to be the death of poor me

LouisLee

The St. Louis Blues - W.C. Handy (The Composer) and Orchestra

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmFUXYaZIMk&hd=1



The St. Louis Blues - Ciro's Coon Club Orchestra 1916

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgogFa_46D8&hd=1



The St. Louis Blues - Marion Harris 1920 (Set 1080p for the best quality)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfIeJyhe11w&hd=1



The St. Louis Blues - Bessie Smith

1925 Studio Version (Set 1080p for the best quality)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNY-hEx-RQg&hd=1



Bessie Smith - St. Louis Blues (1929 Music Movie):

Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxPGKAsWjy0&hd=1



Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuwgA-fJQso&hd=1

LouisLee

W.C. Handy - The Memphis blues played by the Victor Military Band (1914)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WlnlPyXqhY&hd=1



The Memphis blues played and sung by W.C. Handy (The Composer)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h4U0gMUGiA&hd=1

LouisLee

Tar Paper Stomp  (後易名為 In the Mood) - Wingy Manone and his Orchestra 1930

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFitLjj418w&hd=1



Glenn Miller LIVE - "In The Mood" 1941

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teJfuKdzbOo&hd=1

LouisLee

Roll 'Em Pete - Joe Turner and Pete Johnson 1938 (Set 1080p for the best quality)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnO-Wp4BZMg&hd=1



I got a girl, lives up on the hill.
I got a girl, lives up on the hill.
Tryin' to quit me, Lord, but I love her still.

Got eyes like diamonds, they shine like Klondike gold.
I like diamonds, they shine like Klondike gold.
Every time she loves me, she makes my blood run cold.

Body beautiful, but you've got to die someday.
Body beautiful, but you've got to die someday.
All I want's a little lovin', just before you pass away.

Roll 'em boy, gonna jump for joy.
Yeah, man, happy as a baby boy.
Baby boy needs a brand new choo-choo toy.
Aww! Aww!

Instrumental break.

That's right, Jimmy!

Aw, baby, you'all could be teachin' me how to rhyme.
Aw, baby, you'all could be teachin' me how to rhyme.
Sit quiet in the middle and daddy will light your fire.

Well, Rebecca, Rebecca, get your big legs offa me.
Well, Rebecca, Rebecca, get your big legs offa me.
I gave you away, 'cause you wore the hell outta me.

I said, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah.


One of the roots of 50's Rock'n'Roll

LouisLee

Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb and his Orchestra "Rock it for me" 1937 (720p HD)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE6M491fab8&hd=1



I heard it came to town,
A new kind of rhythm,
Spread around,
Sort of set you sizzlin',
Now I'm all through with symphony,
Oh, rock it for me!

Every night
You'll see all the nifties
Plenty tight,
Swingin' down the fifties,
Now they're all through with symphony,
Ho ho ho, rock it for me!

Now it's true that once upon a time
The opera was the thing,
But today the rage is rhythm and rhyme,
So won't you satisfy my soul
With the rock and roll?

You can't be tame
While the band is playin';
It ain't no shame
To keep your body swayin'!
Beat it out in the minor key,
Ho ho ho, rock it for me!

Can't you hear me singin', la-la-la-la-la,
While the band is swingin',
Oh, Chick Webb's sockin'
And the band is rockin',
So send me lightly, politely,
Brightly and slightly,
Ho ho ho, rock it for me!

Now I'm all through with this stuff they call symphony,
Come on boys and sorta rock it for me!

It's true that once upon a time
The opera was the thing,
But today the rage is rhythm and rhyme,
So won't you satisfy my soul
With the rock and roll?

You can't be tame
While the band is playin';
It ain't no shame
To keep your body swayin'!
Beat it out in the minor key,
Oh rock it,
Oh rock it,
Say won't you rock it for me!

最早以 Rock and Roll 稱呼音樂嘅歌曲!!!

LouisLee

This maybe the earliest Rock 'n' Roll song in recording history:

Shake That Thing - Papa Charlie Jackson 1925 (1080p HD)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QsL5OGfTlo&hd=1



Shake That Thing - Abe Lyman Orch 1926 (720p HD)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xka1PU3b074&hd=1



Shake That Thing - Vince Giordano's Nighthawks

2004 Studio Version (Set 1080p for the best quality)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx4GC-6B-xo&hd=1



24 Jan 2012 Live (Set 1080p for the best quality)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B04IRUfvhOw&hd=1



A modern re-make of Abe Lyman Orch's 1926 arrangement.

Now Grandpa Johnson grabbed Sister Kate,
She shoke it just like she shakes the jelly upon the plate.
We're gonna shake that thing.
Aw, shake that thing.
I'm gettin' sick and tired of tellin' you to shake that thing.

Now old Uncle Jack, the jelly roll king.
He just got back from shakin' that thing.
Now he shakes that thing.
Wants a little more to shake that thing.
I'm gettin'sick and tired of tellin' you to shake that thing.

Now old Uncle Moe, he's sick in bed.
The doctor says he's almost dead.
From wantin' to shake that thing.
Wants a little more to shake that thing.
I'm gettin' sick and tired of tellin' you to shake that thing.

Now the folks in Georgia they've done gone wild.
The hold of this dance is settin' the style.
They call it Shake That Thing.
Aw, Shake That Thing.
I'm gettin' sick and tired of tellin' you to shake that thing

LouisLee

At the Christmas Ball - Bessie Smith 18 Nov 1925 (Set 1080p for the best quality)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3SZqFmTmBM&hd=1



"Hey Bessie it's Christmas here"
Here! Here! Hurray for Christmas

Christmas comes but once a year, and to me it brings good cheer,
and to everyone who likes wine and beer

Happy New Year is after that, happy I'll be, that is a fact
That is why I like to hear, folks I say that Christmas is here

Christmas bells will ring real soon, even in the afternoon
There'll be no chimes shall ring at the Christmas Ball

Everyone must watch their step, or they will loose their rep
Everybody full of fare at the Christmas Ball

(Excellent Joe Smith solo)

Grab your partner one an' all, keep on dancing 'round the hall
Then there's no one to fall, don't you dare to strut

If your partner don't act fair, don't worry there's some more over there
Seekin' a chance everywhere at the Christmas Ball       

LouisLee

Putting on the Ritz -  Harry Richman 原唱版

1929 Studio Version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgmLpO4maW8&hd=1


Original 1930 Movie Sequence (Set 1080p for the best quality)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66km3m_UE_k&hd=1


Puttin' On The Ritz - Fred Astaire

1930 Studio Version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5CadIRcKI8&hd=1



1946 Movie Version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M687GzKSXQw&hd=1



Puttin' On The Ritz - Phil Spitalny Orch 1930 (720p HD)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seB5BYvkMXk&hd=1



Puttin' On The Ritz - The Clevelanders, 1930

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DknJW87CxMQ&hd=1


Puttin' On The Ritz - Alfredo & His Band 1930

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTpPoybi6aY&hd=1



Puttin' On The Ritz - Carl Webster's Collegians, voc. Stew Pletcher 1930

http://www.youtube.com/v/1HqZlgFMkkE&hd=1



Puttin' On The Ritz - Jan Garber's Orchestra 1930

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMuAlBfCZHk&hd=1



Puttin' On The Ritz - Clark Gable 奇勒基寶

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACGHxR7pH_c&hd=1



Puttin' on the Ritz - Leo Reisman And His Orchestra 1930 (720p HD)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSrN13UXQb8&hd=1



Have you seen the well-to-do, up and down Park Avenue
On that famous thoroughfare, with their noses in the air
High hats and Arrowed collars, white spats and lots of dollars
Spending every dime, for a wonderful time

If you're blue and you don't know where to go to
Why don't you go where fashion sits,
Puttin' on the ritz.
Different types who wear a daycoat, pants with stripes
And cut away coat, perfect fits,
Puttin' on the ritz.
Dressed up like a million dollar trouper
Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper (super duper)
Come let's mix where Rockefellers walk with sticks
Or umbrellas in their mitts
Puttin' on the Ritz

Tips his hat just like an english chappie
To a lady with a wealthy pappy (very snappy)
You'll declare it's simply topping to be there
And hear them swapping smart titbits
Puttin' on the ritz!

LouisLee

Guido Deiro "Temperamental Rag" 1918 (720p HD)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIWDZePvQM0&hd=1



An early stage and veaudeville artist who was a real master of the piano-accordion. So this recording is a curiosity: A rag time number played on the accordion.

LouisLee

How Long Blues - Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell 1928

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-isFa9LvOo&hd=1



How long, babe how long has that evenin' train been gone
How long, how long, baby how long?

Yeah, I stood at the station watch my baby leavin' town
Blue and disgusting, nowhere could peace be found (?)
How long, how long, baby how long?

I can hear the whistle blowin', but I cannot see no train
And it's deep down in my heart baby, there lies an achin’ pain
How long, how long, baby, how long?

Sometimes I feel so disgustin’ and I feel so blue
That I hardly know what in this world baby, just to do
How long, how long, baby how long?

And if I could holler like I was in my own tin track (?) (I was “a mountain jack”)
I would go up on a mountain and I'd call my baby back
How long, how long, baby how long?

And if someday you gonna be sorry that you done me wrong
But it will be too late baby, I will be gone
For so long, so long, baby so long.

My mind just gets a ramblin’, I feel so bad
Thinkin’ about the bad luck that I have had
For how long, how long, baby how long

How Long Blues - Jimmy and Mama Yancey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFH49GpVvp0&hd=1



first one is just Jimmy Yancey alone, playing "How Long Blues" as an instrumental piece. The second one features Mama Yancey singing the song being accompanied by Jimmy Yancey.

LouisLee

Larry Adler with Django Reinhardt "My Melancholy Baby" 1938 (Set 1080p for the best quality)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK29gllMoCk&hd=1

LouisLee

Clara Smith and her Jazz Trio "Prescription for the Blues" 1924 (Set 1080p for the best quality)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgVntm5B5q4&hd=1

LouisLee

Bert Shefter and his Rhythm Octet "Locomotive" 1937 (Set 1080p for the best quality)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgPiVw5zc70&hd=1

LouisLee

Al Donahue and his Orchestra "A tisket, a tasket" 1938 (Set 1080p for the best quality)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wdGvuTsplI&hd=1

LouisLee

Travelling Blues - Gertrude "Ma" Rainey (Set 1080p for the best quality)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N8CMs8Cc3E&hd=1

LouisLee

See See Rider Blues - Gertrude "Ma" Rainey 1925 (Set 1080p for the best quality)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOTTYTGv22k&hd=1



I'm so unhappy,
I feel so blue.
I always feel so sad.
I made a mistake
Right from the start.
Oh, it seems so hard to part.
Oh, but this letter
That I will write,
I hope he will remember,
When he receive' it.

Seeee see, rider.
See what you done done.
Lawd, lawd, lawd. 1
Made me love you,
Now your girl done come.
You made me love you,
Now your gal done come.

I'm go'n away, baby,
Won't be back till fall.
Lawd, lawd, lawd.
Go'n away, baby,
Won't be back till fall.
If I find me a good man,
I won't be back at all.

I'm gonna buy me a pistol,
Just as long as I am tall.
Lawd, lawd, lawd.
Gonna kill my man and,
Catch the Cannonball.
If he don't have me,
He won't have no gal at all.