Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra "Bugle Call Rag" & "Ole Miss" 1940

[edwardconway27]

fucking epiiccc!!!

[MrHealey1006]

Swing !!! Nothing else !!!!!

[ladykws]

HOLY COW -- that made me pee my pants. LOVE IT!

And two pianos? You're killin' me.

[hep2jive]

Buddy Rich was so cute

[SpeedyNeutrino43]

Ahhhhh Buddy Rich, already working on all that grimacing he did when he was playing...

[marksmartus2]

This is the music they play when the stoned Roman soldiers are dancing in Mel Brooks' "History of the World Part 1"! I always wondered what that was. Before they start dancing, one of them shouts "LINDUS!", which I assume is pseudo latin for "Lindy Hop".

[trumpetvids]

Why is this b&w? It's from the movie "Dubarry was a Lady", which from what I've been able to determine was filmed in color, not colorized later. Supposedly the first film appearance of Lucille Ball in color. The performances by the Dorsey band was mostly why I bought the movie. I really like this suped up version of this tune - excellent piano duo section.

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Elman fluffs the same note here that he does in the shorter 78 recording, in that one spot right after they're trading those 3-note licks

[Beachdude57]

@trumpetvids This is not from Dubarry was a lady it's from a music short. It was thier MTV back then in the movie theatres.

[trumpetvids]

@Beachdude57 Yes, it's in the movie along with other performances by the Dorsey band.

[trumpetvids]

I read that by the time "The Benny Goodman Story" was filmed, Elman's chops had deteriorated to the point where he was unable to play his own solo on "And The Angel's Sing" and they had to dub in someone else doing it.

[harryoakley]

That "someone else" was Mannie Klein.

[trumpetvids]

Totally different tune than Bugle Call Rag.

[harryoakley]

No it is not. They may CALL it "Well Git It" but it is a reworked "Bugle Call Rag" leading (from the clarinet solo) into "Ole Miss".

[trumpetvids]

@harryoakley Similarities in chord progression doesn't make it "the same tune reworked".

[harryoakley]

Read the other comments and listen to other versions of "Bugle Call Rag" from the 1930's which all progress into "Ole Miss". Dorsey simply reworked the same arrangement as recorded by (for instance) the Chocolate Dandies, and re-named it "Well Git It". It is still very much "Bugle Call Rag" and "Ole Miss" though.

[bhsisthebest]

Just beautiful... Who is the other trumpet player? I am almost sure, that it is very young Maynard... Is it so? Thank you very much for posting!

[rhythm61]

That was very common, as I have noted on other threads. Two of my favorite Band era songs are "And the angels sing" and Sing Sing Sing.

Both are re-workings of older songs made more famous by the embellishments.

Ziggy Elman added a piece from an old klezmer song to the end of a fairly standard piece and Benny Goodman's version of Sing was Louie prima's + a sped up version of "Christopher Columbus"

The same thing happened when early British rockers took credit for altered blues standards.

[stonequake]

My band plays this number fairly frequently, that is when we get a chance to play at all. I don't think the year was 1940 because Tommy didn't record this until 1942. If the other trumpeter is Jimmy Zito, Chuck Peterson was the one who made the recording with Ziggy. In any case, this is great stuff that shows the "old" music ain't old at all.

[Skinslayer1]

What amazing playing, especially from 22-year-old Buddy! There's no band today to match this. As recording technology gets better, the rubbish we put on it gets worse. I was born in the wrong era!

[chriskcr]

jimmy zito and ziggy elman on the trumpet duets, what could sound better. ziggy an local atlantic city boy. buddy rich wasn' t to shabby keeping time either. how about a thank you for mr. dorsey who made the great band possible.  thank yu crky

[trumpetvids]

@chriskcr It's ZIggy Elman and Chuck Peterson, not Jimmy ZIto.

[Fnarge]

Amazing technique from the trumpet players as well as Buddy; such power and speed. And this was 1940 a few years before bebop kicked in. So jazz musicianship was accellerating at all levels, it would seem. I doubt if any band today could match this kind of blowing if truth be told.

[harryoakley]

I certainly have never heard a band today do it; not even those who imitate this style!

[JLRappa]

Long time ago! Buddy's awesome!

[Sacjazzconnect]

The reworking of music happened(s) all the time; In the Mood, for instance. Does it matter?

[wadeharris65]

It may be a reworked "Bugle Call Rag", but it's still a tune written and arranged by Sy Oliver called "Well, Git It". That's how it's displayed on the 78rpm single I have of it, as well as the CD I have of it as well. Thousands of tunes are written based on the chord progressions of other tunes, such as "Ko Ko" by Charlie Parker based on the chords of "Cherokee" yet nobody ever identifies his 1945 Savoy recording as "Cherokee".

[harryoakley]

I agree with all that you write except when you say that Sy Oliver wrote the tune. I repeat, it is a reworked "Bugle Call Rag" leading into "Ole Miss". Sy Oliver did the arrangement, then renamed it and claimed authorship of these barely diguised standard tunes.

[clskmstg]

You are correct - it's "Well, Git it!" :-)

[harryoakley]

They may CALL it "Well Git It" but it is a reworked "Bugle Call Rag" leading (from the clarinet solo) into "Ole Miss".

[k5laman]

This isn't bugle call rag. It's called "Well, git it". Great video either way.

[jeanserge21]

You're entirely right! I have it on the CD Tommy Dorsey the Centenary collection.

[chriskcr]

chrsker to trumetvids every time i play well git it it's still ziggy and jimmy zito whether it"s in color or black and white . peterson was on the original 78 .

[harryoakley]

They may CALL it "Well Git It" but it is a reworked "Bugle Call Rag" leading (from the clarinet solo) into "Ole Miss".