I, remembering her history, died this year(1961). Louis Armstrong considered her family, and kept her on even though critics didn't think much of her singing...
Hey there, uflemming! Thanks so much for taking the time to respond. This particular arrangement of St. Louis Blues, and the pairing of Satchmo and Velma Middleton is so brilliantly cool. And wherever one is when one listens to it, it is impossible not to hoot and holler, clap your hands and tap your feet! Anyway, have a good night, and thanks again for taking the time to answer my inquiry!
Hi Everybody! I have been trying for years to find the CD with this exact Louis Armstrong/Velma Middleton St. Louis Blues track on it. It is hot, hot, hot! But all I can find is an MP3 download. Can anyone tell me the title of the CD I can find it on? If it's right in front of me, be gentle....I'm 63 and not too technologically competent. However, "I ain't good-lookin' and I ain't built so fine, but all the men do love me 'cause I really take my time! Thanks!
Is it even fair to compare jazz to rap? Jazz had humble beginnings, but it quickly became a style for the more urbane middle class white or black. Rap is something else. It's much more like the blues in that way, and not WC Handy's orchestrated blues, more like the Delta Blues that was written and performed by the disenfranchised. If you look at rap as a child of the blues and not a child of jazz then rap makes much more sense. It's crude and classless in some ways, but the themes aren't new.
A lot of blues dealt with issues of drugs, sex, money, and the hardship of women. I just think they were more concerned about sharing and relating the inherent primal elements of the human experience than capitalizing on the superficial apsects.
@trumpetman222 one of the most celebrated hip hop artists is white..louis armstrong loved weed and the song muggles is about weed..btw u should have written "im black and im very dissapointed of what *OUR* race has become"...just saying...
@trumpetman222 one of the most celebrated hip hop artists is white..louis armstrong loved weed and the song muggles is about weed..btw u should have written "im black and im very dissapointed of what *OUR* race has become"...just saying...
it's funny. lol, if rappers carry the "race" then you are extremely and completely ignorant. and for someone called "trumpetman" i just wonder how much you really know about this "good music." they talked about sex, women, and drugs. that's why blues wasn't accepted in the church. they did it more subtle than today, but still did it nonetheless.
RESEARCH before you decide to hop on youtube and disgrace the tradition.
Great i like the way it sparked of conversation Aaron can play you relevancy of hip hop and old school in there too! Dont know it all and have an ear to fiind the jewel like this one is!!
Louis Armstrong was the single most important thing in the evolution of Popular music ever, more important than the beatles,, robert johnson and Elvis all put together . just do the maths,, if you know your music history there is no arguement, and i love the beatles , Elvis and the blues,, but im not ignorant either,, God Bless Satchell
This is great and I appreciate the fact that you took the time to tell us where it was performed and who the artists are. Today when you see credits (if you see them at all), they are reduced in size so they can advertise something else, or they speed by so fast that you must record them and then play back in slow mo to read them. I had never seen Velma and she was terrific.
you really think they didn't talk about drug sex and money in music back then? have you heard the term "jazz viper?" bessie smith's songs were all about sex, so were ma rainey's. you are very mistaken if you think song topics have changed much at all. back then they were just skilled at being more subtle about the topics.
@doesitexplode I totally agree with you. "Shave me dry", by Lucille Bogan, is a perfect example. Of course, her context was different, but the sexual content in that song was very, very explicit... Even for our times...
@doesitexplode Subtle yes. Sex is becoming too synonymous with disprespect in today's age. You can sing about sex without singing about degrading women and others. I think one thing that's great about music, especially genres like Jazz is the scope that true artists like these have to sing about almost anything. Some of the rap being produced today may rhyme and have rythym, but its not nearly as artistic as this clip is right here. They're not hurting nobody with this song.
mas alla de los actuals prejuicios esteticos y raciales de la sociedad en que vivimos, esta mujer se divierte con Pops, baila, rie y canta de una manera tan plena...que bueno sería recuperar estos valores y que todos vivamos asi :)
Black people continue to create the most innovative American culture. Old blues and jazz songs were frequently about sex, violence, and drugs. But that's beside the point. This is the greatest American pop song. This version of the song doesn't have my favorite lyric though. "My man's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea..."
@japansekip That is the by far the most dumb opinion I have read. Everybody has their own music from banging a stick, humming singing etc. Go way back to string instruments, drums horns etc. Everybody did their cultural music thing and has changed or progressed and continues to do so. No body has a lock on music or dancing for that matter. But you did say it was your opinion so you have us there. By the way these two are classic! Love them!
As I have watched this so many times, Love him! Gotta absolutely love her! Like someone else posted he had to be one of the best gentlemen on earth. Its a shame she passed so early. I love her singing. You are both so missed.
Don't any of you people ever go out to a jazz concert, or see any of the black dance companies or listen to the great rythm&blues singers, or hear any black classical musicians, or see a black play? You all talk like idiots! As if Hip hop is all there is to black culture. but then, i live in New york wherethafuckareyou?
Couldn't have said it better myself. For the life of me I can't find any songs by these skilled artists that talks about getting high, making money, or having sex. What changed?? :/
I really don't know! If you look at everything about black culture now it started in the streets or jail ex: baggy pants, rap. What ever happened to good ole' african-american inspired jazz and actually working for a living.
i cant believe that these stupid hiphop artists and "gangsters" are making a bad name for black people. this is the good stuff. when black people were good not talking about drugs sex, money and are disrespecting women. im black and im very dissapointed of what are race has become
You do realize Armstrong's path away from "true" jazz and towards what the white population wanted in jazz and theatre was considered a betrayal of the black jazz artists? Although this type of performance should be treasured to some degree, you should also take account into the fact that the black population in the United States (especially New Orleans) compared Armstrong's performances such as this with the degrading minstrel music of pre-civil war times?
What you say is also what they believe about old singers,musicians before, the same concept had about Loui and all black people , and now ,another difference, the singers dont have any care to say what they thinking or doing, Ilike Loui, Trummy and Calle 13,Tego . Calderòn, ...Stars are Stars no matter time
@trumpetman222 mate -even though i see only one race -humanity, your 'race' has given us President Obama -the man that defines and combines sensibility, courage and humility. Lets try to end the world where the word race still holds a definition.
@trumpetman222 You're an idiot. On top of that you think you are some kind of 'race', Hitler thought the same thing, you know, that people could be divided in "races". You want to be seen as a person or as a black guy? Also stop with the elitism, this music was in that time purely their way of expressing themselves, just as all those hip hop artists do these days. Sure, there's crap hip hop, but you have no right to generalize all hip hop.
@janmorez A race is a race is a race. People are divided into races and have different characteristics about them. Not everyone is the same though, and each generation is different. I believe black people are good, but do have a bad name because of various things, just like white people and every other race.
@dannessicity well a race is defined by multiple generations, which isn't the case according to you.
Also how the fuck do you know that black people are good but have a bad name, do you know ALL black people then? How do you know that? Sure there are physiological differences, but these are of the same magnitude as the differences between fat & slim people.
@janmorez No, I clearly stated that each generation is different. I think they showed a lot more class in those days than now. How do I know black people have a bad name? That's a rather silly question that anyone could answer. And, you don't have to know every person to know some are different.
@trumpetman222 What do you expect from a kid who up in the project where all he see is drug girl that lose their dignity at age of 14 and some even have empty fridge when time is hard. You think what?? You gotta have some empathy. These guys are the result of the environment their left with. You call them gang and drug dealers. Why don't you talk instead of the israelian ppl who are killing woman and childin palestine, controlling world banks, who occupied more then 70% of palestinian land
@trumpetman222 its a matter of opinion what music you like, all fans of hip hop are not into people that rhyme about tits and beef, i like old school, lyrical hip hop / rap. but yeah it is trash today and some people take the text too serious.
you're equally as culpable for continuing the negative stereotypes. over-generalisation and buying into established rhetoric is a sure means of continuing the derision of people of our colour. we, as 'black people' have no culture, no heritage, no nationality and nor does any other racial group. to say that we do is to delude yourself into believing that all black people share a common heritage and belief system. this is no truer for us, than it is for any other ethnic group.
@trumpetman222 You're naive, don't know history (as if talking about drugs, sex and money discredits - and an entire remarkably surviving people at that) and don't know hip-hop - if that's what you're referring to. Stick to the trumpet.
@trumpetman222 ...And do you even know how many of these jazz geniuses were heroin addicts and died too young - perhaps BECAUSE they couldn't talk about the foulness they were subjected to???? 'Twas an actual epidemic. Again, know the history.
@trumpetman222 lmao your an idiot if you think anyone is making a bad name for black people. Black people are as diverse as it comes and if you think that one group in the black community speaks for all of them then you need a reality check on how the world works. I am black to and if people are going to judge based on rappers then thats on them lol. I wont waste my time with them. I will spend my time with people who judge me for me.
@trumpetman222 your a moron hip-hop artist arent all black and "gangsters" and if you knew anything louise armstrong smoked weed like 24/7 and most jazz musicians were heroine addicts so before you say something atleast have some knowlege of what your talking about
well,new black artists are usually making crap music...its all about money now,so they make music that brings them money.....young people nowadays like sex,drugs,alcohol and those are main thing in lyrics....
@DAZERLOKOE Yea your right, the rest go to college and talk about smoking weed! Na I'm kidding, there are rappers that talk about real life things other than drugs, sex and money. But those are the most interesting topics that make people excited! We just wanna write a sexy song.
@trumpetman222 Sorry to be a bit of a buzz-killington, but many many blues and jazz songs were indeed about sex, alcohol, drugs, disrespecting women, etc. They just used clever cover terms. For example: "jellyroll" for that part of the female anatomy, "grinding" (same as today), "rider" for a woman. There are robust glossaries of these terms. Conservative people in those days regarded jazz and blues in the same way some people view rap now. Or maybe your comment was just a joke? -Regards :)
@MrNickbento Oh, haha. Maybe jelly roll is for males too? I don't see why not. I thought is was for females since there are frequent references to getting/having some "jelly roll".
@brainburrito makes sense a jelly roll is long and phallic looking right? I know Jellyroll Morton was like Milton Berele know for his schlong I love this music so much I played the Jersey shore AC and Wildwood as a kid playing Dixieland Jazz! Met Louis POPS and Jack Teagarden was even at my house as a kid and he was bigger then life The most underated trombonist and the hottest ever! He started when he was a kid his arms were too short to reach the notes so developed an armature like no other!
@trumpetman222 The term "rider" was a term used by black artists for their baller chicks. Minnie the Moocher is a song about cocaine and sex. They sang alot about drugs, money, alcohol, and sex. They just covered it with the vernacular.
@trumpetman222 I think the theory is that after slavery and continuing oppression, money has become a way to separate someone from all those hard times. As far as sex, drugs, violence, etc., back in the day black entertainers largely worked for white audiences and were still treated dreadfully. They had to do what they were told, so they sang about jelly roll and sugar in my bowl...they found a way to say a few things.
I think you have to educate yourself about black music my friend. There's still loads of great music produced by black folk, including neo soul, which is a descendent of this. And Hip Hop is not completely bad. There's plenty good rap.
I love this clip!! Just look at them. They had so much fun!! That´s what music is all about in my opinon, and the fact that they were exellent artists only made it better!! 5/5 from this swedish blues-fan:-)
listening 2 this song 4 the first time and i love it!!!! it weird cuz normally i listen to this kind of music i have to listen to it a couple of time to.. let´s say.. understand the music...
This song and louis armstrong are awesome!!!!!!!!!
Good video.
money8945 1 month ago
I like Louise Armstrong.
thong2365 1 month ago
Thank your for sharing a good video.
fila8712 1 month ago
bjr ! j'ai vu LOUIS vers 1955 a PARIS ! GABY DE paris .....
country12able 2 months ago
Thank you for posting video, I have never watched this tune.
makotohosoda 2 months ago
Thank you for posting this!
keys188 2 months ago
thanks for the upload!
grgsk8r69 3 months ago
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AlecTaylor666 3 months ago in playlist Louis Armstrong
Oh god that phrasing... it's mindblowingly terrible. Come on Louis, you can pick better singers than that.
lennietristanojazz 4 months ago
referring to Velma Middleton in my last comment :>)
duthangaudio 5 months ago
I, remembering her history, died this year(1961). Louis Armstrong considered her family, and kept her on even though critics didn't think much of her singing...
duthangaudio 5 months ago
Where did you get this clip?
This is gold!
FunkTeck 5 months ago
people sing about their passions. and as the human race sex is what we have for passion.
floydiansoul1982 6 months ago
Thanks for sharing this here, & allowing comments too. Good job~!
mcc11505 6 months ago
like like like!
5!
domijoints 7 months ago 2
I like this video. St Louis blue so good. Thank you.
kopi5896 7 months ago 2
Louis Armstrong 8 is great.
jasperwillis5385 7 months ago
St Louis look good.
minami935 7 months ago
great, great.......
misterGummihuhn 7 months ago 2
Thank you for sharing.
jamecolte 7 months ago
Good video.
saijai587 7 months ago
St. Louis Blues is great.
liang8231 7 months ago
SAINT LOUIE
REECE2399 7 months ago
perfect! thank you for uploading this!
HELL0kate 8 months ago
Hey there, uflemming! Thanks so much for taking the time to respond. This particular arrangement of St. Louis Blues, and the pairing of Satchmo and Velma Middleton is so brilliantly cool. And wherever one is when one listens to it, it is impossible not to hoot and holler, clap your hands and tap your feet! Anyway, have a good night, and thanks again for taking the time to answer my inquiry!
bluesmama100 9 months ago
@bluesmama100: It's on the CD Louis Armstrong plays WC Handy.
uflemming 9 months ago
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uflemming 9 months ago
Hi Everybody! I have been trying for years to find the CD with this exact Louis Armstrong/Velma Middleton St. Louis Blues track on it. It is hot, hot, hot! But all I can find is an MP3 download. Can anyone tell me the title of the CD I can find it on? If it's right in front of me, be gentle....I'm 63 and not too technologically competent. However, "I ain't good-lookin' and I ain't built so fine, but all the men do love me 'cause I really take my time! Thanks!
bluesmama100 10 months ago
Yes, topics were similar.....but music was less Vulgar.
Ladpride 10 months ago
:O! she is Velma Middleton... gooooood singer!.. i love her
abejitachinini 10 months ago
she is bessie smith? , i'm not sure... i don't know her very good.. answer please
abejitachinini 10 months ago
Louis Armstrong
Best. Voice. Ever.
sockschappercat 10 months ago
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sockschappercat 10 months ago
What a real treat listening to this song. Thank you for posting such a great jam! Thelma is so sexy! I love you all stars!
Yuna9182 10 months ago
this songs da shit
TheKoolaid30 10 months ago
СЭЧМО велик! Кто может с ним сравниться?
rable9 11 months ago
Danny Barcelona is the kid on drums, he is from Hawaii!
MrNickbento 1 year ago
I loves me some Velma M.
That Armstrong fella's pretty good too.
Betters4Millions 1 year ago
Velma Middleton, what a wonderful woman. Amazing Louis + Velma.
Look at her dance, look the rapiness, see the talent.
Thanks god, for all blessings. All these angels.
levmatta 1 year ago
Is it even fair to compare jazz to rap? Jazz had humble beginnings, but it quickly became a style for the more urbane middle class white or black. Rap is something else. It's much more like the blues in that way, and not WC Handy's orchestrated blues, more like the Delta Blues that was written and performed by the disenfranchised. If you look at rap as a child of the blues and not a child of jazz then rap makes much more sense. It's crude and classless in some ways, but the themes aren't new.
Odin029 1 year ago
@trumpetman222- Are you insane?
drpool2424 1 year ago
Now this is what i call music!! God i love old music.
PurpleHazeHippie 1 year ago
There;s nothing nothing New under the sun. Leadbelly and Memphis Minnie did "cocaine Blues." and so on and so forth.
milascave 1 year ago
favorited!!!
IoannaAmeerah9 1 year ago
magnificent :D
eightpicks 1 year ago
A lot of blues dealt with issues of drugs, sex, money, and the hardship of women. I just think they were more concerned about sharing and relating the inherent primal elements of the human experience than capitalizing on the superficial apsects.
Kgohzwong 1 year ago
@Kgohzwong I agree... Blues itself can be considered as a non-violent struggle, but very powerful.
ultravioletta1983 1 year ago
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@trumpetman222 one of the most celebrated hip hop artists is white..louis armstrong loved weed and the song muggles is about weed..btw u should have written "im black and im very dissapointed of what *OUR* race has become"...just saying...
word2yamother 1 year ago
@trumpetman222 one of the most celebrated hip hop artists is white..louis armstrong loved weed and the song muggles is about weed..btw u should have written "im black and im very dissapointed of what *OUR* race has become"...just saying...
word2yamother 1 year ago
This is AWESOME~They are having sooooo much JOY~ THANKYOU for sharing~Blessing's to all~WE LOVE YOU~Peace,Love,LIGHT~ :)
amysinai 1 year ago
As antything louis and his bands play is extraordinary. And she is a beautifull jazz queen
elizabethfusion 1 year ago
THIS is music!!
SaKaCorChos 1 year ago 8
Are they having fun! Great video!
camlo2705 1 year ago
I love you dearly Velma. You are a woman to my heart!
Tenderness6 1 year ago
Dank je wel Jasper, geweldige vrouw die Velma Middleton! Wat een heerlijk mens was zij.
Tenderness6 1 year ago
Woah what an adorable woman.
Tenderness6 1 year ago
it's funny. lol, if rappers carry the "race" then you are extremely and completely ignorant. and for someone called "trumpetman" i just wonder how much you really know about this "good music." they talked about sex, women, and drugs. that's why blues wasn't accepted in the church. they did it more subtle than today, but still did it nonetheless.
RESEARCH before you decide to hop on youtube and disgrace the tradition.
mzpoetik08 1 year ago
Great i like the way it sparked of conversation Aaron can play you relevancy of hip hop and old school in there too! Dont know it all and have an ear to fiind the jewel like this one is!!
MsLouise1960 1 year ago
fuck off the race thinkin´
everyone stands for himself...
fleshido 1 year ago 2
this video came up as a recommended video just after i had played Billy Eckstine's version on 45. youtube is getting good.
craigmate 1 year ago
Louis Armstrong was the single most important thing in the evolution of Popular music ever, more important than the beatles,, robert johnson and Elvis all put together . just do the maths,, if you know your music history there is no arguement, and i love the beatles , Elvis and the blues,, but im not ignorant either,, God Bless Satchell
spadge321 1 year ago
I wish I was born when real music was living.
etuak 1 year ago
where can i plzz download the really same song?
plzz advice?!
YAG15 1 year ago
This is great and I appreciate the fact that you took the time to tell us where it was performed and who the artists are. Today when you see credits (if you see them at all), they are reduced in size so they can advertise something else, or they speed by so fast that you must record them and then play back in slow mo to read them. I had never seen Velma and she was terrific.
2sexy4myshoes 1 year ago
Velma is incredible! She is such a great singer and I love to see her dancing. Great blues song, W.C. Handy genius!!
KittyAKitty 1 year ago
Wonderful! I love you Velma and the all stars :0)
Yuna9182 1 year ago
Nice to be reminded every once in a while just how great Louis Armstrong really was. What a tone. Bless all these great artists.
tenorsfan 1 year ago
do you know what´s the name of the singer?
terreezka1 1 year ago
she looks like she could be his sister heh
AlchoOnkel 1 year ago
did anyone hear velma say louie armstrong
keyris6 1 year ago
aint nothing better
BlackWing96 1 year ago
to pineappleschool7, you are soo right !!!
apaplata88 1 year ago
you really think they didn't talk about drug sex and money in music back then? have you heard the term "jazz viper?" bessie smith's songs were all about sex, so were ma rainey's. you are very mistaken if you think song topics have changed much at all. back then they were just skilled at being more subtle about the topics.
doesitexplode 1 year ago 37
@doesitexplode I totally agree with you. "Shave me dry", by Lucille Bogan, is a perfect example. Of course, her context was different, but the sexual content in that song was very, very explicit... Even for our times...
ultravioletta1983 1 year ago
@doesitexplode
Hell. Just listen to Bull Moose Jackson's Big Ten Inch Record ahahhah
TheBlueEyedHonky 1 year ago
@doesitexplode Subtle yes. Sex is becoming too synonymous with disprespect in today's age. You can sing about sex without singing about degrading women and others. I think one thing that's great about music, especially genres like Jazz is the scope that true artists like these have to sing about almost anything. Some of the rap being produced today may rhyme and have rythym, but its not nearly as artistic as this clip is right here. They're not hurting nobody with this song.
Hogie506 1 year ago
These hiphop artists and "gangsters" are not worthy to wipe the sweat from the brow of people like Satchmo.
pineappleschool7 1 year ago
wow good voice this girls!!!!
marki131 1 year ago
Louis always puts smile on my face even when im feeling down( :
keyris6 1 year ago
mas alla de los actuals prejuicios esteticos y raciales de la sociedad en que vivimos, esta mujer se divierte con Pops, baila, rie y canta de una manera tan plena...que bueno sería recuperar estos valores y que todos vivamos asi :)
jazzcination 1 year ago
louis armstrong and the manager at sizzler
guntherplease 1 year ago
Black people continue to create the most innovative American culture. Old blues and jazz songs were frequently about sex, violence, and drugs. But that's beside the point. This is the greatest American pop song. This version of the song doesn't have my favorite lyric though. "My man's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea..."
keratacon 1 year ago
My opinion as a white man of 53 years is: the black man makes the music and the white man tries to duplicate this, most of he time.
The black man has more sensibility, but the influence changed the black music.
The same influence as in the original music from Cuba. Pitty but true.
japansekip 1 year ago 3
@japansekip That is the by far the most dumb opinion I have read. Everybody has their own music from banging a stick, humming singing etc. Go way back to string instruments, drums horns etc. Everybody did their cultural music thing and has changed or progressed and continues to do so. No body has a lock on music or dancing for that matter. But you did say it was your opinion so you have us there. By the way these two are classic! Love them!
MrJeffnow 1 year ago
VERY nice re-harmonization of the tune in the beginning!
KawhackitaRag 1 year ago
beautifulllllllllllll.
rougemartha 1 year ago
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cw1310 1 year ago
Thanks, fellow white boy.
cw1310 1 year ago
As I have watched this so many times, Love him! Gotta absolutely love her! Like someone else posted he had to be one of the best gentlemen on earth. Its a shame she passed so early. I love her singing. You are both so missed.
MrJeffnow 1 year ago
super serbia
lazarsavic 1 year ago
buena zapada!..como se llama la cantante negra? sera bessy smith? no, no?
musicgia 1 year ago
En la descripcion dice, es Velma Middleton.
Thanks a lot for posting this videos, they are sweet.
MuraKun 1 year ago
@musicgia es velma middleton
TheJazzStreet 1 year ago
gracias ...recien me doy cuenta!.. =) ..buena onda
rindustrial 1 year ago
Don't any of you people ever go out to a jazz concert, or see any of the black dance companies or listen to the great rythm&blues singers, or hear any black classical musicians, or see a black play? You all talk like idiots! As if Hip hop is all there is to black culture. but then, i live in New york wherethafuckareyou?
TheViewFromSugarHill 1 year ago
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trumpetman222 1 year ago
Wow! Glad I found this! Love him, definitely love her! Read her bio, ashame she passed away to early.
MrJeffnow 2 years ago 2
Louis is timeless. Check out the new Biography of Louis by: Teachout. It's a great book.
oepstei 2 years ago
Wow.......a blast. of energy....
kevinherbert 2 years ago
FAT LADY CAN SING!!! man i love these videos
litledrumboy 2 years ago 2
This is a Masterpiece!
propaganda63 2 years ago
I bet old jazz artists like Louis Armstrong are rolling over in their grave from the crap that black people call music today.
coolcooja 2 years ago 3
Couldn't have said it better myself. For the life of me I can't find any songs by these skilled artists that talks about getting high, making money, or having sex. What changed?? :/
Afcct12 2 years ago
I really don't know! If you look at everything about black culture now it started in the streets or jail ex: baggy pants, rap. What ever happened to good ole' african-american inspired jazz and actually working for a living.
coolcooja 2 years ago
@coolcooja
where do you think black music from the past started from?
the roots of contemporary black music and that of the past remains the same: the underclass.
pk000 2 years ago 2
i cant believe that these stupid hiphop artists and "gangsters" are making a bad name for black people. this is the good stuff. when black people were good not talking about drugs sex, money and are disrespecting women. im black and im very dissapointed of what are race has become
trumpetman222 1 year ago 84
You do realize Armstrong's path away from "true" jazz and towards what the white population wanted in jazz and theatre was considered a betrayal of the black jazz artists? Although this type of performance should be treasured to some degree, you should also take account into the fact that the black population in the United States (especially New Orleans) compared Armstrong's performances such as this with the degrading minstrel music of pre-civil war times?
panzzzzz 1 year ago
Panzzzzz - What is "true" jazz? By your own definition or an excerpt, please.
samtheroach 1 year ago
What you say is also what they believe about old singers,musicians before, the same concept had about Loui and all black people , and now ,another difference, the singers dont have any care to say what they thinking or doing, Ilike Loui, Trummy and Calle 13,Tego . Calderòn, ...Stars are Stars no matter time
lilianamuro 1 year ago
yeah it's sad, but there's a small nuance to make; it's not just 'your' race that's at fault here, it's actually most of the races, if not all.
graey2 1 year ago
@trumpetman222 AMEN
swinginkatz 1 year ago
@trumpetman222 I disappointed too.
VivaLaTrumpet 1 year ago
@trumpetman222 you do have really good point
keyris6 1 year ago
@trumpetman222 You sure have a point there.
bellgardens53 1 year ago
@trumpetman222
Ya but remeber mon. There is only one race....human race
:)
Piwobrody 1 year ago
@trumpetman222 these fucking guys are the cream of the crop not even on the same planet don't compare thereis no comparison none.
BlackWing96 1 year ago
@trumpetman222 mate -even though i see only one race -humanity, your 'race' has given us President Obama -the man that defines and combines sensibility, courage and humility. Lets try to end the world where the word race still holds a definition.
m1st3rh 1 year ago
@trumpetman222 You're an idiot. On top of that you think you are some kind of 'race', Hitler thought the same thing, you know, that people could be divided in "races". You want to be seen as a person or as a black guy? Also stop with the elitism, this music was in that time purely their way of expressing themselves, just as all those hip hop artists do these days. Sure, there's crap hip hop, but you have no right to generalize all hip hop.
janmorez 1 year ago
@janmorez A race is a race is a race. People are divided into races and have different characteristics about them. Not everyone is the same though, and each generation is different. I believe black people are good, but do have a bad name because of various things, just like white people and every other race.
dannessicity 1 year ago
@dannessicity well a race is defined by multiple generations, which isn't the case according to you.
Also how the fuck do you know that black people are good but have a bad name, do you know ALL black people then? How do you know that? Sure there are physiological differences, but these are of the same magnitude as the differences between fat & slim people.
janmorez 1 year ago
@janmorez No, I clearly stated that each generation is different. I think they showed a lot more class in those days than now. How do I know black people have a bad name? That's a rather silly question that anyone could answer. And, you don't have to know every person to know some are different.
dannessicity 1 year ago
@trumpetman222 What do you expect from a kid who up in the project where all he see is drug girl that lose their dignity at age of 14 and some even have empty fridge when time is hard. You think what?? You gotta have some empathy. These guys are the result of the environment their left with. You call them gang and drug dealers. Why don't you talk instead of the israelian ppl who are killing woman and childin palestine, controlling world banks, who occupied more then 70% of palestinian land
africain10 1 year ago
@trumpetman222 its a matter of opinion what music you like, all fans of hip hop are not into people that rhyme about tits and beef, i like old school, lyrical hip hop / rap. but yeah it is trash today and some people take the text too serious.
G3ner0 1 year ago
@trumpetman222
you're equally as culpable for continuing the negative stereotypes. over-generalisation and buying into established rhetoric is a sure means of continuing the derision of people of our colour. we, as 'black people' have no culture, no heritage, no nationality and nor does any other racial group. to say that we do is to delude yourself into believing that all black people share a common heritage and belief system. this is no truer for us, than it is for any other ethnic group.
mikejg85 1 year ago 2
@trumpetman222 You do realize Louis Armstrong smoked weed every day right?
strangestringsnyc 1 year ago
@trumpetman222 You're naive, don't know history (as if talking about drugs, sex and money discredits - and an entire remarkably surviving people at that) and don't know hip-hop - if that's what you're referring to. Stick to the trumpet.
fuva1118 1 year ago
@trumpetman222 ...And do you even know how many of these jazz geniuses were heroin addicts and died too young - perhaps BECAUSE they couldn't talk about the foulness they were subjected to???? 'Twas an actual epidemic. Again, know the history.
fuva1118 1 year ago
@trumpetman222 you are so right brother and i agree with you 100 procent!
NatKingCole46 1 year ago 2
@trumpetman222 BS, you're not black. Also, you're poorly-informed. Blues artists were singing about all that stuff decades and decades ago.
mrkoolkevin 1 year ago
@trumpetman222 i quite agree....and everyday I reach back in time for music to inspire and remind me that it was not always like this.......
xenakaii 1 year ago
@trumpetman222
lmao you are literally the dumbest person alive for that comment
turkaliscious 1 year ago
@trumpetman222 lmao your an idiot if you think anyone is making a bad name for black people. Black people are as diverse as it comes and if you think that one group in the black community speaks for all of them then you need a reality check on how the world works. I am black to and if people are going to judge based on rappers then thats on them lol. I wont waste my time with them. I will spend my time with people who judge me for me.
Jaiyeson 1 year ago
@trumpetman222 your a moron hip-hop artist arent all black and "gangsters" and if you knew anything louise armstrong smoked weed like 24/7 and most jazz musicians were heroine addicts so before you say something atleast have some knowlege of what your talking about
TheRealDes2Complex 1 year ago
@trumpetman222
racism against yourself. read a book nigger.
iggyandjoe 1 year ago
@trumpetman222
well,new black artists are usually making crap music...its all about money now,so they make music that brings them money.....young people nowadays like sex,drugs,alcohol and those are main thing in lyrics....
MRKIFLAR 1 year ago
@trumpetman222 Not all hip hop artists talk about drugs, sex and money.
Trust me just like every genre in music there's always the good the bad and the ugly.
You just have to find the good music.
DAZERLOKOE 1 year ago 18
@DAZERLOKOE Yea your right, the rest go to college and talk about smoking weed! Na I'm kidding, there are rappers that talk about real life things other than drugs, sex and money. But those are the most interesting topics that make people excited! We just wanna write a sexy song.
mattdd05 9 months ago
@DAZERLOKOE Exactly!
kentucksoldiersson 1 month ago
@trumpetman222 20's and 30's hempjazz? ;)
or that wasn't talking about drugs either? :D
RasLevi 1 year ago
@trumpetman222 Sorry to be a bit of a buzz-killington, but many many blues and jazz songs were indeed about sex, alcohol, drugs, disrespecting women, etc. They just used clever cover terms. For example: "jellyroll" for that part of the female anatomy, "grinding" (same as today), "rider" for a woman. There are robust glossaries of these terms. Conservative people in those days regarded jazz and blues in the same way some people view rap now. Or maybe your comment was just a joke? -Regards :)
brainburrito 1 year ago
@brainburrito I thought Jelly Roll was the Male organ, ie:Jelly Roll Mortan sp? was known for his over growth so to speak!
MrNickbento 1 year ago
@MrNickbento Oh, haha. Maybe jelly roll is for males too? I don't see why not. I thought is was for females since there are frequent references to getting/having some "jelly roll".
brainburrito 1 year ago
@brainburrito makes sense a jelly roll is long and phallic looking right? I know Jellyroll Morton was like Milton Berele know for his schlong I love this music so much I played the Jersey shore AC and Wildwood as a kid playing Dixieland Jazz! Met Louis POPS and Jack Teagarden was even at my house as a kid and he was bigger then life The most underated trombonist and the hottest ever! He started when he was a kid his arms were too short to reach the notes so developed an armature like no other!
MrNickbento 1 year ago
@trumpetman222 The term "rider" was a term used by black artists for their baller chicks. Minnie the Moocher is a song about cocaine and sex. They sang alot about drugs, money, alcohol, and sex. They just covered it with the vernacular.
bashfulbrother 1 year ago
@trumpetman222 I think the theory is that after slavery and continuing oppression, money has become a way to separate someone from all those hard times. As far as sex, drugs, violence, etc., back in the day black entertainers largely worked for white audiences and were still treated dreadfully. They had to do what they were told, so they sang about jelly roll and sugar in my bowl...they found a way to say a few things.
potentperson 1 year ago
@trumpetman222 Yeah...the hihop artist could learn a thing or two from the them.....Like actual Music...
ladyunebarton 1 year ago
@trumpetman222 - I'm proud of being black and I'm proud of black people everywhere.
dybb234 1 year ago
Love it, love it, love it!!!! That's all I can think of saying....
bluehearts310 2 years ago
Black people could do musik, the musik now is not as good as then
HindirXIII 2 years ago 3
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roseannetodd20 2 years ago
Fabuloso......!.......
locombia87 2 years ago
beh. you dont even know how to spell. stop watching tv
fvp7188 2 years ago
Black People, what has happen? You use to make great Music, Now it it stupid shit like rap. What the hell went wrong?
cw1310 2 years ago 4
world went wrong...
S7M5N6N3 2 years ago 3
I don't know it, either... Holy crap -.-
snookerfan75 2 years ago
I think you have to educate yourself about black music my friend. There's still loads of great music produced by black folk, including neo soul, which is a descendent of this. And Hip Hop is not completely bad. There's plenty good rap.
FunBoy15 2 years ago
@cw1310 I don't like Rap, but to be fair; Jazz was looked at just as badly from the "elderly" figures when it was introduced.
24Rorschach 2 years ago
@24Rorschach OK I'll give you that.
cw1310 1 year ago
jas, thanks a lot, c
cachotango 2 years ago
i had to do this in my singing lessons. lurvve it
EzzieGrace 2 years ago
I love this clip!! Just look at them. They had so much fun!! That´s what music is all about in my opinon, and the fact that they were exellent artists only made it better!! 5/5 from this swedish blues-fan:-)
KalleVL 2 years ago 30
"OUR VOCALIST, VELMA MIDDLETAAAAAAAA!!!"
He's a god, but a bit mental...
MightyAlz 2 years ago 5
just finely stoned :D
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What a big fat ugly beast!!!!!
FrankySnot 2 years ago
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kittenstoes 2 years ago
Excellent!!! I would like to find a video of "That´s my Desire" performed by them... (Velma and Satchmo).
BandidosGroup 2 years ago
I agree - that would be superb - esp. from the famous Symphony Hall concert.
Urbino237 2 years ago
i am from Stl, and we have to sing this for our grade choir.
i love the original, it has such soul. beautiful <3
katherine83095 2 years ago
KATHERiNe WRIGHT?????????? is that yhuuuu???
flashlite1010 2 years ago
Trummy is off the hook on this one!
MrMichaelGoecke 2 years ago
This is so g... this is so... this is s......
I´m loss for words.
Fan fricking tastic!!!
KalleVL 2 years ago
Ah yes, prejudice, a collective mental illness.
jazzflutist 2 years ago
Boring postwar muzak-version
viktorvaldemar 2 years ago
"Saint Louis woman, where's your diamond ring?"
I'm from StL...amen to this.
knierymeansfox 2 years ago
real soul music
dreadtodred 2 years ago
Very simpatic!
mbsesv 2 years ago
listening 2 this song 4 the first time and i love it!!!! it weird cuz normally i listen to this kind of music i have to listen to it a couple of time to.. let´s say.. understand the music...
This song and louis armstrong are awesome!!!!!!!!!
oldwarcraftgamer 2 years ago
can u believe that on their way into the building to perform this song they had to come through the back colored only door?
nyccarini 2 years ago 3