Missourians - The Cotton Club Orchestra-1929

[n64wilbert]

Funky!!!

[ecapital46]

listen to the interview on the Tube with Cab: "cab calloway day at night" an interview done at CUNY. He tells the whole story of how he came to Harlem from Chicago fronting the band the Alabamians, got booked into a club and having the club burn down the afternoon of opening night. The Alabamians returned to Chicago, but Satchmo got Cab a job singing "Ain't Misbehavin" in a Waller-Razaf revue, so he stayed in NY. He later took over the Missourians and was booked into the Cotton Club

[KrazyKartoonKid]

Today is the 83rd Anniversary of this song!

[preservationhall01]

@KrazyKartoonKid . . .and still jumpin and jivin like a new kid.

[n64wilbert]

@preservationhall01 Did you grew up in the 1920s?

[preservationhall01]

@n64wilbert One generation later-but I got a lot of good first hand information handed down to me.

[JCJasion]

As the '30's wore on, under Calloway's leadership, their sound DID become smoother and the level of Jazz played became a lot more advanced until by the cusp of the 1930's going into the 1940's they had one of the most distinctive and ADVANCED sounds among Swing Era bands, sporting such future PROGRESSIVE Jazz greats as trumpeter John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie and bassist Milt "Bags" Hinton

[roybo1930]

Cab was the COOLEST OF THE COOL!

[busessuck1]

always liked it when they show off in the middle of cab calloway's songs, excellent sound

[TexasFunkBlues]

For the record, Andrew Preer WAS NOT white!!! He was IN FACT Black!!! This is a post from a family member out of Chicago, IL. that has documentation to prove it!!!

[JukeJointHop]

Great info and tune! Whats the name of this tune they are playing? What Id like to know is when did the Duke play at the Cotton Club again? Some one should figure out all the bands and times they played at the Club in the 30s. Was Willie Bryant ever a house band? He was hot too. I shook hands with Cab once, and saw his band 3 times!!! Awesome everytime!!! This is a rare early track here! thanks for posting!

[brosro]

So they recorded on Victor as the Missourians and as Cabs band on Brunswick in 1930. Andy Preer was white and had no musical experience I'm aware of. How did he get the job? NY mob? You white guys out there..you can bring in your black girlfriends, but you black dudes, don't even think of bringing your white girlfriend in. Cotton Club rules.

[brosro]

CAB TOOK OVER THIS BAND IN LATE 1930.

[ToddCMorgan]

actually Cab took it over in the spring of 1930, and they made their first recordings together in July!

[neverknewtillnow]

Very nice clip and informational writeup on the band. I had always been under the impression that Cab Calloway was the first Cotton Club house band. But, then what good is a day without knowledge.