Eubie Blake. Alberta Hunter. Noble Sissle. Jim Europe. The Nicholas Brothers. Ada Brown. Bill Robinson. So many other true superstars, known & unknown... If I get to "Heb'm", I will spend a big chunk of eternity tracking them all down to thank them for the absolute J😍Y they have brought to my life, & to this sad old world!!! 😘🎶💓🎶💓🎶💓🎶🌍
My father picked up Eubie Blake at the SF airport. He flew in from NYC and he wasn’t a bit jet lagged. He and my father talked for hours before he dropped Eubie off at his hotel. He was amazing.
Thank you for uploading this amazing documentary about another American Original. Not many can say that they knew the major innovators/artists/ composers in America's Classical Music. (Jazz, Ragtime) Eubie Blake knew or worked with ALL the greats. The list goes on and on. James Reese Europe, Scott Joplin, Fletcher Henderson, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie. Just those names would be enough but he was also a contemporary with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane. In fact, he outlived two of the above mentioned. He was definitely an authority on the evolution of early music and could speak on the developments of all the swing artists. Man, I am glad this is on YouTUbe for all humanity to enjoy!
Thanks for that Richard. As you will have read no doubt, this video and title was originally uploaded by palindup and the sound and vision were out of sync. At that time I wasn't able to contact Pete so he could replace it, so I was left to upload it myself. What was important to me was the man and the music and the technical repair. The accuracy of his age was not something for me to question. In fact I would have been similarly impressed if he'd been 90. I'm grateful for your input though, for the sake of clarity and accuracy.
Thank you so much for posting this video. Eubie was not only a wonderful artist, but he was a wonderful man and a dear family friend. I'm so happy this appeared in my feed.
@@g3rsm 🙂 No trouble at all. It was such a privilege to watch and an additional privilege to have the opportunity to voice my gratitude. Not only am I a huge fan of Eubie's work, but having the unique opportunity of growing up in the era that I did while still managing to be surrounded by such wonderful ragtime and classical music is something that I have treasured dearly and hope to pass on to younger generations. When videos such as these find their way to the media platforms of today's world, it allows for history to come alive in the present and carry on in the future...all of which I am truly grateful for. I'm especially grateful when cultural stories of perseverance and achievement may be included as in this video...as well as the cultural contributions to music and art as these stories matter on so many levels and for so many reasons. This really was a gem of a find. Please keep posting what you can discover as I am very interested.
@@willredelsheimer5919 To be fair, this video was originally posted by Pete Lindup, who I know, but the sound and vision were noticeably out of sync, so I edited and corrected it and re-posted it for him
According to the 1900 Census, the 1910 Census, his 1917 Draft card, the 1920 Census, the 1930 Census, two official Baltimore records, a marriage license, one Atlantic City record, and the Coroners report of February 1983, Eubie Blake was born in 1887, not 1883, and died at 96 years of age. Only his 1942 draft record makes him conveniently too old.
I think that's what you're referring to as the Old Man's Draft which included men up to 64 years, born between 1877 and 1897, he would have been eligible born in either year.
in 1972 in one concert he says by himself that he was born in 1883 7th February...so i think he knew better!!!. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mN89vHZ414s.html
Thanks to Fred for rectifying the fault so perfectly. Nice to hear Baltimore- born Eubie acknowledging Southport-born Leslie Stuart as his first influence. The power of music!
OK Pete, you're welcome, I tried to offer it to you via this comment on your original video, but I don't think you must have been notified, so went ahead with it myself - Hi Pete, I've downloaded the video, removed the first 4.28 minutes and synchronised the sound, would you like it to re-post? Fred - jazznorthwest.co.uk
If viewers of this would like to see the full Lee DeForest PhonoFilm "Sissle and Blake - Snappy Tunes" from 1923, it's here. The version in this documentary above is played MUCH too fast (both sound and image) and looks and sounds unnatural. The full version at the link below is much better, and, once the viewer is past the damaged portion at the beginning, actually the piano sounds remarkably rich and full for 1923 technology, due to Mr. DeForest's manner of recording!: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QEdb-mYpt1A.html
Thank you! I searched "Georgia Cakewalk" and it sounds different to me, but maybe Eubie is playing it differently than in the "Georgia Cakewalk" video I found. Thank you.:-)
I must admit the intro had me baffled, and unless it was an extremely short piece, or part of a medley, the bit that sold it to me was at 2:58 just before it faded.
@@thememeteam7585 if you listen to any of his recordings of it, he uses that ending. I've analyzed hundreds of his recordings and have only heard Eubie use it in Stars and Stripes. Once in a blue we catch a recording or video of Eubie not performing one of his well known songs or pieces in the same fashion he always does. Personally I feel this is one of those times. I could be wrong though, but I think it matches close enough.
