Slim and Slam

[RAMLIA1]

Amazing!

[vzsozs]

ahhh lord the people were going apeshit right there :D

[Ismi19891]

this is music! great great

[bpreis]

3 people didn't have speakers

[rosetait]

Just like Sunday afternoons at the King's Head Crouch End!

[ajp55a]

These guys really freed up classical music, briliant

[omphalophilia]

This is my favorite video on the whole internet.

[gabriel1989tanger]

TROOOOP BOOOOOOOOOOOON !!!

[paperboard1]

THIS IS MARVELOUS!!!

[DajaWaja]

Amazing Vooooootage

[WeaselTalk]

Kfnfkwjfeee

[WeaselTalk]

2:10 Bonzo wouldve ripped that solo ;)

[TrueLight55]

Anyone know where I can hear their song Tutti Booty recorded in 1938?? Some say it bears striking similarity to Little Richard's Tutti Frutti. It is known to be have been a very common practice of the 50s to take previous recordings and change them up.

[frew111e]

Anyone know the name of the original track in the movie (not the "Jumpin' at the Woodside" version) and where I can get it?

Thanks

[jfffjl]

That dance needed a referee...just this side of pro wrestling

[FireHazardz101]

100% the best video i ever seen WOW!!

[flo1721]

Slam Stewart der beste Bassist ever

[LongIslandEddie]

Absolutely precious!

[kinklesstetrode]

Seeing clips like this, just shows you how important history of music is. Slim was one in a class of his own.

[ignorecorporatenews]

What movie is this from ? It's Beautiful.

[simmerdude]

Hellzapoppin'

[gjazz22]

Dem crazie white foks stoppd the fuun

[seanmillerr]

was slim an uncle of marvin gaye

[gittahfiend]

He was marvin's father in law.

[MrBorka11]

Best video ever seen!!!

[brefnyorourkefanX69X]

man, back when dancing was dancing!

[thytum]

amazing things from a time wich will never be back :(

[ignorecorporatenews]

think positive. every person can make a difference....put forth positive thoughts, words, deeds, & education...... :)

[catstomp500]

I LOVE THIS! One of the craziest videos on youtube, that dancing almost seems dangerous

[gregoryagogo]

What is the name of the tune they play before the dance? Is it the same song when they are dancing? If not what is the name of the tune during the dance.

[gregoryagogo]

It's very "Jimmy Lunceford-like"--reminds me of "Organ Grinder Swing".

[Thangalin]

They are dancing to "Jumpin' at the Woodside" by Count Basie. But the film makers did not want to pay royalties and so dubbed over the dance track with Hellzapoppin'.

RIP Frankie Manning.

[gregoryagogo]

Not the part leading up to the dance part. I would like to know the name of Slim & Slam's tune, also the name of the tune they "dubbed over"... Doesn't matter how it happened, the tune they used is a jam!

[customkey]

Legendary dancer and lindyhopper Frankie Manning passed away yesterday, 4/27/09 at the age of 95. Frankie danced up to the end. He's the dancer wearing the bib overalls in this clip. A true gentleman. RIP FRANKIE MANNING.

[MarthaMartian]

If your troubles don't go away after seeing and hearing this, then you're one gone cat!

[cloud9calicub]

That was incredible! OMG!  I'm stunned!

[diddywahdaddy]

Absolutely fantastic. I'm in tears.

[chimpans11]

this is golden! I just got into Slim Gaillard and this is fantastic. the moves at 4:00...crazy!

[wsvap]

THIS is music! thanks

[ooglyooogly]

I met Slim near the end of his life when he was guesting at London Gigs with a bunch of guys I know called The Chevalier Brothers.

Around this time he appeared in the movie Absolute Beginners and there was a 4 part BBC Arena documentary on his his life.

[ShtotaKoya]

so thats how you dance up tempo...

[inthefrisco]

its like fuckin martial arts

[gadzooks63]

jammin all the way . . .way to go guys . . .swing away . .

[JustMyNipples]

this is one of the best pieces of film ever recorded. I get goosebumps.

thanks for posting.

[MarthaMartian]

I know nothin' from nothin', but man, this is sacred. Holy mackerel.

[bevotaylor]

What year is this and are Slim and Slam still living? Does anybody know which of their songs was alleged to have been the original model for Tutti Fruitti?

[bigsexyshaq]

The song was called Tutti Fruitti. The endoreenie o'voutstore.

[JosephNScott]

The song "Tutti Frutti" written by Doris Fisher and Slim Gaillard in 1938 may have influenced the song "Tutti Frutti" that Little Richard recorded, but the songs don't have much in common. When Gene Krupa recorded the Fisher-Gaillard "Tutti Frutti" in 1938, he assigned the lead vocal to one of his singers, Leo Watson -- who later recorded a lot with Slim.

[bigpigs78s]

I met this guy over 20 years ago when I was about 17. He came to the theatre attached to my sixth form college invited by the music teacher who was a jazz trumpeter. He humoured me while I was askig him daft teenage questions and was an all roung lovely guy. He played 'Chicken Rhythm' and played piano with the backs of his hands. What a privilege.

[Fnarge]

A fantastic jam session at the height of the jive'n'swing era. Does anybody know who was the drummer - Cozy Cole? He's certainly enjoying himself with those wild beaters.

[petefc]

It's a guy called C.P. Johnston

[JosephNScott]

Cee Pee Johnson (not Johnston).

[Patequi]

Slim could play several instruments including the piano with his palms facing up, there's a great appearance by Slim in the 1970s on the Flip Wilson Show where this is clearly seen.

Gaillard's birth certificate has never been found, he claimed to have been born in Santa Clara-Cuba & taken to sea as a child by his merchant marine dad and then raised in Detroit since his early teens, hence his constant use of Latin rhythm and congas.

[JosephNScott]

Gaillard's draft induction record (12/11/42) says he was born in Florida. I'm not saying he was necessarily born in Florida, but maybe. It also says he had completed three years of high school, he was married, and he was 6'2".

[JosephNScott]

It's been claimed SG was b. in Pensacola and his dad was from Germany: Theopolous Rothschild (unmarried to his mom Liza Gaillard). There was in fact a Theopilus Rothschild who lived in Pensacola and was born in AL to parents born in Germany and Bavaria ('30 census) -- living next door to a "N[egro]" family, last name "Gillard". So, probably, SG knows he was born in FL, he knows some facts about dad that are almost right, he sometimes is candid about what he'd been told by family but often not.

[Patequi]

A draft induction is not a record of birth. In his last recording made in London, UK. Slim sings about wanting to go back to Cuba. There are Gailards still living in Santa Clara, Cuba which bear a strong resemblance to Bulee-Slim-Gailard, one of the most mysterious gentlemen of jazz.

[JosephNScott]

"A draft induction is not a record of birth." No, it's a record of one of the times that Slim apparently claimed to have been born in Florida. Which he may well have been, given the Rothschild/Gillard next-door evidence that I found in the census myself only after reading the anecdote concerning T. Rothschild and L. Gaillard.

[Patequi]

Cee Pee Johnson and his group are the ones playing in the outdoor garden scene in Orson Well's classic movie Citizen Kane. When Bulee "Slim" Gaillard was part of Slim and Slam in the 1930s they often used conga drums many years before the creation of Afro Cuban jazz by Mario Bauza and the Machito Afro Cuban Orchestra or the Dizzy band with Chano Pozo.

[Chenzo55]

My kind of music. Thanks for posting.

[Cathar19]

That is talent...Period

[TheSanityInspector]

Slim and Slam = greatest name for a musical duo ever! Thanks for posting.

[Arbed225]

wonderful stuff...now that's talent!!!

[pulsembody]

if we don't repeat THIS STUFF, we're condemned to forget it. spread the word. yes, humans are capable of things this great!!!!

[jettscream]

this is surley the finest dancing i have ever seen in my life. my total admiration and respect

[rottro]

Very nice, Rhythm & Booze rules.

 Great era.

[DannyDesperate]

Just watched this again on the TV and had to come back for more. This is unreal. For music and entertainment 1920-1959 is where the action is, alas before my time. Slim and Slam, I salute you. Check out some other wonderful S&S clips on YT. THX!!

[talladegacav]

Totally, awesome!

[JosephNScott]

Clarinetist -- Elmer Fain

Drummer -- Cee Pee Johnson

Both were pretty well-known in Los Angeles (and not outside Los Angeles). Johnson is best remembered for his pot song "The G Man Got The T Man."

[InnAb109]

Holy crap! The energy of those times! Have they never heard of stress fractures?

Slim is such a great piano player. Did not know that! A true hep cat!!

[ZINKY69]

BRILLIANT I wish at my age I could dance like that.

Also some of the dancers that you see on TV could do with seeing this.

This is from an era when men were men and women knew how to Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally know how to enjoy themselve's

[thunderbow]

omg! pop dancers today got nothin!!!

and the music is crazy, man... carazy!

[goolahsh]

this mess is really all reet! Helzapopin for sure! The dancing was some of the best even still. Check out the Rhythm Hot Shots if you like the dancing. Slim played with some of the best jazz musicians ever. Do Do, Charlie Parker.......thanks for the Vid!

[empiremonkey]

solid.

[thunderbow]

fo sho!

[jazznweather]

I'll just take the vout train...

[saxophoney]

Mac voutie a roonie!! Slim & Slam.

[jumpemup78]

Smokin' & 'em asses look so neat

[OlSkoolRulz]

Thanks for posting! Classic stuff!

[capnrojos]

This is awesome!! been looking for Slim and Slam for awhile :) Thanks.

[dreadtodred]

slam stewart what a great bassist even sang in octaves in unison with his playing

[jazzbojudas]

really, really good

[phjost]

Gosh. Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart on Youtube. How great!

[imnottroy]

Sweet guitar. That's MY kind of dancing, but I can't dance. Kicked ass!

~Renee~

[chuckdee121]

Really great! Can't get over how talented all those guys were, just sort of falling into the song the way they do, and then the fantastic dancing!

[petefc]

lol - whatever you say!

I think it's brilliant, I've been a Slim & Slam fan for years.

[bixntram]

Didn't swing and the dancing was terrible!

[JosephNScott]

Yeah! Slam wished he swung as much as Tram, 'cause then he might have got to join Goodman! Oh wait, never mind!

[bixntram]

It was a joke, son.

[claykarla]

wow you must be.........

[marylinepotch]

vive le net! merci à youtube de nous permettre de tomber sur des perles comme celles-ci, sorties de nulle part! J'adore!!!

[dchampagne]

That's Helzapopin Video