In middle school, they took us all to the auditorium one day for an unplanned assembly. Apparently someone got word that this guy was in town, and he agreed to come play for us and talk about music in general. And yeah... 30 years later... this song sticks in your head. Remembered it for some odd reason and that's what brought me here.
Regardless of all the judgmental comments below, I loved this! Jazz - especially acoustic - always lifts my spirits. Louis Bellson - in my opinion - can blow Buddy Rich out of the water but he can keep the soft soul going in this style, unlike Buddy. I'm a jazz drummer and I especially like this subtlety which enhances the bass player's playing and singing. All of these guys have won me over. Thank you!
THE FIRST TIME I HEARD THE GREAT SLAM STEWART IS WHEN PURCHASED AN ART TATUM ALBUM ABOUT 35YEARS AGO WITH MR.STEWART, MR.TATUM AND MR.TINY GRIMES WHO I HAD MET A YEAR BEFORE HE PASSED AND I HAVE BEEN A FAN OF THESE GENTLEMEN SINCE MR.STEWART IS ONE OF THE GREATEST BASS PLAYER'S I'VE EVER HEARD IN MY BOOK OF YOU CAN FOLLOW MR.ART TATUM THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.🎼
Dick Hyman is still alive! Louie Bellson died in 2009. But Benny Goodman died in 1986 and Slam the year after. I'm reading a bit more about them, all of their stories are so interesting. Benny Goodman essentially had to relearn the clarinet from scratch to play classical music. He also actively helped racial integration by hiring black band members (like Teddy Wilson and Lionel Hampton) and when, according to Hampton, someone asked Goodman why he "played with that nigger (Wilson)" Goodman said "If you say that again to me, I'll take a clarinet and bust you across your head with it."
2:52 and 2:59 Slam seem to have issues with the tuner keys 🗝️, it was not keeping the bass in tune. I'm a Double Upright Bassist myself, that has to suck while you are performing. It looks like it was the G tuner, I am sorry that happened. It probably pissed him off but he didn't show it.
The actual sheet music , which I have in my hand says the "flat foot floogee ....with the floy floy"...and then floy doy, then flou flou... Slam Stewart can't be wrong, as he wrote it!!
@@grahambandy6067. . Google it: ""Flat Foot Floogie (With a Floy Floy)" was a 1938 jazz song, originally written and performed by Slim Gaillard. The original song was called "Flat Foot Floozie", with the 'floy-floy' The word 'floozie' was changed into 'floogie' to allow it be to played on the radio.
Amazing. Such levity, and yet Slam could play deep & heavy as they come. Check out his work in 1945 , with Red Norvo, co-founding bebop with Charlie & Dizzy ( Slam Slam Blues, We're in the Money, Halleluya). A true, ground-breaking master who could also clown around. wow....
Dick Hyman as of this posting, is still with us. He was the organist on the game show, "Beat The Clock." ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1kXCmonTRzY.html
It was intended to be "Floozie," and Stewart sings that at least sometimes, but back when the track was originally done in the 1930s, the label (Vocalion) made them change it to "Floogie." See the Wikipedia page for an explanation (and also an explanation of what "floy floy" is).
This is a relisten in response to comments on my previous post. The second time around it sounded even worse. These guys could... Should listen to the great Cab Calloway and learn how this song is supposed to be played. Not like this dull, sterile, and boring over intellectualized ruination of a great classic swing song.
So you have a beef with how the *composer* of the song performs *his* song? And tell me you've never heard the original recording without telling me you've never heard the original recording.
What an arrogant prig of an asshole you are.!Real jazz fans know it’s Slim gaillrd’s definitive version of his song, on which Slam Stewart played bass that is the standard. Now off you go pseudo jazz fan. Go listen to the Taylor Swift discography you surely own .
