Anyone Remember Slim Gaillard?
Jan 10, 2021 10:00:29 #
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Jan 11, 2021 06:32:32 #
Jan 11, 2021 07:36:13 #
That's one I never heard! There doesn't seem to be much of Slim Gaillard on the web. I'm a fan of his recordings with Slam Stewart on bass, Slim & Slam. My favorite is "A Shanty In Old Shanty Town" which Johnny Long lifted in 1946. Long copied the Slam Stewart part note for note.
Jan 11, 2021 09:33:29 #
Thanks for introducing me to this fine musician. There is a video on YouTube well worth watching, just called"Slim Gaillard" where he plays piano with a comical style. Long fingers on this man!
Jan 11, 2021 10:42:28 #
bw79st wrote:
That's one I never heard! There doesn't seem to be much of Slim Gaillard on the web. I'm a fan of his recordings with Slam Stewart on bass, Slim & Slam. My favorite is "A Shanty In Old Shanty Town" which Johnny Long lifted in 1946. Long copied the Slam Stewart part note for note.
He played with Charlie Parker and a host of others.
Mark
Jan 11, 2021 10:52:38 #
bw79st wrote:
That's one I never heard! There doesn't seem to be much of Slim Gaillard on the web. I'm a fan of his recordings with Slam Stewart on bass, Slim & Slam. My favorite is "A Shanty In Old Shanty Town" which Johnny Long lifted in 1946. Long copied the Slam Stewart part note for note.
Just use a search engine for Slim Gaillard. I found a good sampling.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Slim+Gaillard+Matzo+Balls&&view=detail&mid=9D3ECDAC090CA4352B8C9D3ECDAC090CA4352B8C&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3DSlim%2BGaillard%2BMatzo%2BBalls%26FORM%3DVDMHRS
Thanks,
Mark
Jan 11, 2021 11:26:51 #
Wow, he's a Detroiter I'm not familiar with. One I am familiar with, however, is Howard Armstrong who was "rediscovered" in Detroit a number of years ago!! Thanks for a "new" (to me, anyhow) Detroiter
Jan 11, 2021 16:35:34 #
Slim Gaillard was popular on the West Coast and spent a lot of time appearing there. He was one of the original jive talkers and was known for tagging everything with "a-roonie." In a club in Los Angeles he was in the men's room and someone introduced him to Mickey Rooney. He replied, "Glad to meet ya! What's your last name, Micka-roonie?"
Jan 11, 2021 16:43:17 #
df61743
Loc: Corpus Christi, TX
If you think "Dunkin Bagels" was good, watch him tear up the piano in this one...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qphs31yLcZk&feature=emb_rel_end
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qphs31yLcZk&feature=emb_rel_end
Jan 11, 2021 19:29:25 #
BrianFlaherty
Loc: Wilseyville, CA
Mark. .
I was a regular "hang out" in Los Angeles jazz and folk clubs in the late 50's. . .And, I recall (vaguely) seeing (hearing) Slim in one of those clubs. . .
Brian Flaherty
I was a regular "hang out" in Los Angeles jazz and folk clubs in the late 50's. . .And, I recall (vaguely) seeing (hearing) Slim in one of those clubs. . .
Brian Flaherty
Jan 11, 2021 20:20:32 #
BrianFlaherty wrote:
Mark. .
I was a regular "hang out" in Los Angeles jazz and folk clubs in the late 50's. . .And, I recall (vaguely) seeing (hearing) Slim in one of those clubs. . .
Brian Flaherty
I was a regular "hang out" in Los Angeles jazz and folk clubs in the late 50's. . .And, I recall (vaguely) seeing (hearing) Slim in one of those clubs. . .
Brian Flaherty
Hi Brian.
We “older dudes” were blessed with in person performances of masters of jazz. How lucky we were/are.
Stay safe and we’ll. Good to hear from you.
Mark
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