Jimmy Smith in Get Yourself a College Girl

[OrganCat]

Groovin' performance! (They edited out the scenes of white people clapping on beats 1 and 3.)

[wrf1973]

1:27 hot white women checking Jimmy out, followed by closeted, ashamed white guy!

[elPYROreal]

jImmY SmiTH

BUENA GENTE

[nmlc525]

Playing loud distorts the shit talent most modern mussos have these days.

[loonpolice1]

Notice how you don't have to play loud to be good.

[13asdediamantes]

all the clams clap listening jimmys playing... ;)

[dougd1015]

What's the point of a woman going to college back then if they weren't going to have a career of any kind (except for maybe find the richest husband)

[SirDizzyFingers]

Great vid!

[jefferygwatkins]

What's that melody that's playing throughout? It's not "When The Saints" is it?

[flakeyF00nt]

hello friends. someone uploaded a new version of this video with much better sound! link:

watch?v=ca6cC0e28kw

also I uploaded the original studio version myself. link:

watch?v=KsAf0ra6Vd4

[grofmontechristo]

whats the name of the song?

[aarfeld]

I can't wait to see that picture. Suppose it's naughty?

[dazzjazz]

Who is playing Drums and Guitar - is that Quentin Warren?

[51362879]

Screw the racism remarks. i dug the playing.

Smith rultz!

[laflizard]

The movie is called Get Yourself a College Girl. It's not on DVD, but they sometimes show it on Turner Classic Movies.

[eric1love]

Those first 3 chics are hot :P

[weinerbongo]

They cut the scene where Jimmy is forced to make his entrance and exit through the service entrance, empty handed because the white kids spent his fee on a bunch of gaudy-ass costumes.

[simonantics]

It's from the movie "Grab Yourself a College Girl'" . Also features Stan Getz and Astrid Gilberto as well as Eric Burton and the Animals, among others. 

[lisfub]

weill chird!

[lisfub]

weill chird!

[ktwheels44]

Man he looks awesome in 35mm color film

Thank Jesus I got to see him several times

He signed my original vinyl copy of The Cat!

[hammondrt3]

This is really great, thanks for posting.

[thefungarian]

It sounds a bit like "When the Saints Go marching In"

[torisdead]

which is the tune i cant recall

[flakeyF00nt]

@torisdead it's a very old tune called "When Johnny Comes Marching Home". It is a popular song of the American Civil War that expressed people's longing for the return of their friends and relatives who were fighting in the war. Jimmy's music is sending a very serious message here, he's not joking.

[musicolorhythm]

true genius

[wrf1973]

All those fine white womens in the front just want a piece of Jimmy. Check 'em out.

[gcalvanetten]

On Joey DeFrancesco's "The Champ", his Jimmy Smith tribute record, he plays this tune aswell, but it's named 'When Johnny Comes Marching Home"... Does anyone know why?

[OGMunisteri]

@gcalvanetten uhm, because it's a very old tune called "When Johnny Comes Marching Home". Do folks really not know an old chestnut like this anymore??

[gcalvanetten]

@OGMunisteri Not if you're not an american ;)

[OGMunisteri]

@gcalvanetten you're absolutely right; that was very "America-centric" of me, and I thank you for pointing that out.

[CleverDjembe]

@OGMunisteri

As a Finn, I'd like to point out that that song IS well-known outside the US, at least for those people who like to listen to a lot of music and know their musical history...

[jaybou263]

very cool scene.

[octopoli]

amazing. what great color too.

[ilee25]

Nobody plays like Jimmy... Joey D and Tony Monaco are close.

[bimwopbarn]

nice girls

[SGMICKEY]

This is Get Yourself a College Girl.I saw this movie at the theaters when it came out in 64. I was an Instant fan of Jimmy Smith.The Animals ,Dave Clark Five The Standells were also in this movie.This is what was so great about the sixties.

[angie4josh]

I like how he gets that perfect soft 'water drop" sound with the precussion.

[cdy4ddy]

I think this was from the movie "Ski Party"; as I recall, James Brown also makes an appearance.

[laflizard]

You're correct about James Brown being in Ski Party, but this is a different movie in the same genre.

[JuicyOrganism]

@laflizard Original tune is When Johnny comes marching Home. An the record “The Champ” its called When Jimmy Comes Marching Home. Upper manual; 16’: 8, 5-1/3’: 8, 8’: 8. Percussion: Short, third harmonic. Vibrato: C3. Lower manual (left hand bass): 16’: 8, 5-1/3’: 3, 8’: 8. Vibrato: C3. Pedals (tapping and pounding): 16’: 8. Leslie box rotors: not turning. Good luck.

[madearlgrey]

@laflizard what film is this? thank you.

[bluebettle]

This is Get Yourself a College Girl.

[joetube1]

Billy Hart on drums and Quentin Warren on guitar?

[gqonline]

can I dance wif' yo' DATE?!

[Azizip17]

@gqonline Ha! Is that a reference to the movie "Animal House" when the White fraternity guys and their White dates found themselves the only White people at the at the Dexter Lake Club,where Otis Day was singing Shama Lama Ding Dong? I thought that was a funny scene & I'm an African American woman. But in the real world back then even though they were great musicians, Jimmy Smith & his band members knew they'd BETTER NOT even look at those White women if they valued their life.

[JuicyOrganism]

@Azizip17 STOP!! Thinking in black or white, change your perception so you cane enjoy a total different clip. Watch it.

[eric1love]

Is it the camera work that's odd in this?

This should be most interesting!

[trippleelle]

YOU'LL HAVE IT BEFORE THE NIGHTS over!

[chalone2]

what a hoot!! the "audience " is pretty funny.. and yes, it is "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" .never enough Jimmy Smith!! thank you for this one

[jaybou263]

great party with Jimmy doin it up. nice!

[coolwafferman]

This some bad stuff here. I wish I knew how to play the organ like Jimmy Smith.

[tlea11]

This is actually "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" . Jimmy is the sickest!

[jthereal]

thanks! i thought for a while that the name cant be the one titled!

[fsgraffixx]

he has a amazing style!! i love it!!!

[surferkid2188]

hows that freddy green style guitar .. just so manly

[foonttt]

instead of cheering the party as they expected, jimmy plays a song from the american civil war. he cries and talks about death in the vietnam war.

"something is very wrong here."

[jasongogal]

Yep Jimmy represents

[dazzjazz]

Looks like Quentin Warren on guitar, is that Billy Hart on Drums

[AdmiralQuality]

OMFG!

[jaybou263]

wish I was there to groove with jimmy.

[aarfeld]

"This should be most interesting." Yea, prep boy, it should. So shut up so we can hear the music--would ya?

[luckyvet]

The hip hop of the early '60's.

Refreshing is an understatement.

[redSuikoden]

I think a non musician would think the organist takes foot tapping a bit too serious!

Gotta love the audience. :P

[dillweed44]

Man, he is not foot tapping, he is playing the bass pedals! Very difficult! I can see why it seems weird if you didn't know he is playing the pedals, he he....

[HISmystro]

WOW!! Every gospel musician needs to be educated by this cat...this is how an organ should be played!!!

[Saraghetto87]

jimmy è magia

[chissD]

film deprorevole.. banda di bianchi che si divertono a sentire del groove fatto da neri..

sempre il classico made in usa anni 50-60 ..

Jimmi Smith..sei unico..!

[Sycsa]

When Johnny Goes Marching Home - the title of the song.

[GOYA551st]

Comes Home, not Goes Home.

[Sycsa]

Yes, my bad.

[kpfaff1224]

I've never seen it, but I'm sure that was the best part of the movie.

[threadpusher]

the sound quality is amazing

[oxley102]

was there two Jimmy Smiths can anyone define them for me

[musiciansfriend2]

You might be getting him mixed up with Dr Lonnie Smith, another bad organ player

[senatorkenator]

I think it's funny how this comment got marked down, when this cat was using the term "bad" as slang for good, as in badass or cool. Get hip, you Youtube squares!

[pondergrace]

Real smooth.

[5DeadlyRecords]

The sharp cool black guys playing for the whites...not another colour in the crowd. Sadly, too typical for the era. Rockin' the tab collars no less. Jimmy's so young. Thanks!

[1Doz]

Well, there's an asian guy in the second row and a black girl towards the back. But for the purposes of moral preening we'll say it's an all white audience.

[soulshakedown909]

@5DeadlyRecords

well...that was how California was back in the 60's(great musicians playing for rich yuppies that lived on the other side of the valley), but back then, it was more about the music and how well it was played. Mr. Smith happening to be in that film; made it by no means, a minstrel show. the real minstrel show is in the mind.

[internezzo]

@5DeadlyRecords well there may not be other colours in the crowd but there are some gays at 1:37

[8House]

@5DeadlyRecords So what? Back then there were plenty of clubs in black neighborhoods where artists like Smith performed in front of all or nearly all black audiences. The sad thing to me is the state of the culture today. Who the hell even knows about Jimmy Smith today. Plenty know about Eminem and Lady Gaga.

[tbird888]

@5DeadlyRecords which era are you refering to, been to blues festival in the last 30 years?

[Superphilipp]

What registration does he use here?

[RICHIEBSQUI]

Great to see Jimmy in a movie. The greatest jazz organist - ever.

[hugleberthumperdink]

i want him to break into some madass jazz

[2887751]

That's great... Gracias por permitirnos ver a este gran maestro...