Wow this is gold! Like honestly how is Buster Bailey not taught and celebrated in Jazz more? Jimmy Hamilton would be a fun rival. ;) Interesting that Noble Sissle's band picked up Sidney Bechet after Bailey's departure it seems. Didn't realize how burnin' his group was.
Sax player from Puerto Rico, Ramón "Moncho" Usera plays a solo at 9 min 20sec. Also from Puerto Rico, Rafael Duchesne plays violin
At 7:40 - Buster Bailey breaks out with his virtuoso display worthy of a Parker or Coltrane - this later was expanded into a piece called "
There're insanely talented people in this!
Wow this is gold! Like honestly how is Buster Bailey not taught and celebrated in Jazz more? Jimmy Hamilton would be a fun rival. ;)
Interesting that Noble Sissle's band picked up Sidney Bechet after Bailey's departure it seems. Didn't realize how burnin' his group was.
Seems they both had on black face
How appalling that even in 1932, Flournoy Miller had to be "blacked up", yet Mantan Moorland didn't have to be.