Oscar 'Papa' Celestin plays "Tiger Rag" in "Cinerama Holiday"

[kingoliver45]

This is so strange to me! I always thought of Celestin to be really serious and to see him kidding around like this is weird as hell. Cool but shocking. Love it!!!

[cinemascoper]

They need to restore this movie in Bluray!!!

[knulla08]

Marvelous to see this here. It's actually not the same version as the 45" record. Louis Barbarin was tops (Earl Palmer's teacher) THANKS!

[twntube]

Fyi, that *might* be a "C-Melody" sax, sometimes known as a "C-Tenor" sax, that that E. Paul is playing. It looks a little small for a regular tenor sax in B-flat.

[yvesfrancois]

Hello, thanks for sharing this, this is unbelievable!! this was recorded in 1953 and the personnel is: OSCAR CELESTIN et RICARD ALEXIS tp; EDDIE PEARSON tb; JOSEPH "CORNBREAD" THOMAS clt; ADOLPHE ALEXANDER as; EMANUEL PAUL ts (who became a mainstay of the great KID THOMAS band); JEANETTE KIMBALL pno; ALBERT FRENCH bjo; SIDNEY BROWN bass et LOUIS BARBARIN dms - this is AMAZING - LOVE it!!! 5 stars, how about 5000!

[chesniere]

amazing

could you post the rest of the movie ?

[jslasher1]

@chesniere Not possible. That would constitute copyright infringement.

[busessuck1]

@jslasher1 fuck copyright

...this music is everybody's

[kingoliver45]

@busessuck1 Amen

[trapsfx]

Thank you for posting this - I love the music of New Orleans, but never seen this. Great! Any idea who the players are?