Wild Man Blues Henry Red Allen

[gmdinformation]

I can't believe there aren't more comments about that solo Pee Wee played here. MAN ALIVE that was great!

[nogomo19]

Thanks so you much for posting The Greats. It reminds me of the time when I met Jo Jones and we sat at the table together with another friend at the Jazz Work Shop in Boston,Ma. We were checking out Rahsaan Roland Kirk another Great and that night Rahsaan introduce Mr Jo Jones as one of the GREAT! Jazz drummers and ask him to sit in which he did. That was a night I will never forget.

Thanks again,

NK

[walker107]

The same group does "Rosetta" next, the best version I've ever heard, with Red telling the group, "Don't drag the tempo this time", as they had with "Wild Man Blues" (notice Vic Dickensen's intro to his solo and Jo Jones impatience with the tempo).

[walker107]

I bought a 16mm print of the show -probably illegally - in 1979 and showed it to everyone I knew for years. The program dates from a Sunday afternoon in 1957. Lester Young appeared in the Billie Holiday segment, so ill he could barely stand for his solo. It's a magnificent musical treasure available on DVD.

[A911M]

Thanks ! Thanks!! PeeWee!!!

[memphis148]

Great solos! I was digging the trombone groove hard.

[57dogsbody]

Fantastic,I love these old clips.Jo JONES has such a deep pocket and REX STEWART is unbelievable everybody is great!! Thanks for posting this.

[chefessboo]

Loved him glad I was on tour with Red & my Dad

babette ory 1 dec 2010

[RadioFreeWisconsin]

They put classy stuff like this on the air at one time!

[kennetti76]

unbelievalbly AWSOME -thank you -I too love Louis - but hey the Sax gets my applaude too ----THNKYOU N

[kennetti76]

Words fail me---where can I find a semblance of this genre of music in the NW of England

[campusfive]

Also, Danny Barker is definitely playing a guitar there.

[louisclui]

Rex stewart is so amaziiing in this video !!

[Ennio6pack]

insane dudes!!!

[LEONCODAJJ]

Muchas gracias COPPENS .Realmente REX STEWART tocaba la corneta (en las fotos se parece a la trompeta) y era uno de los músicos más HOT que oi en JAZZ (Otro : el trompetista HOT LPIS PAGE , y bastantes más )

Un afectuoso saludo desde MADRID-SPAIN

[LEONCODAJJ]

Coleman HAWKINS , saxo tenor ; VIC DICKENSON , trombón, PEE WEE RUSELL, clarinete . ¿and the other trumpet ?

[coppens]

@LEONCODAJJ The other trumpet player is Rex Stewart.

[MAJORSNODGRASS]

HRA never sounds dated.

[heinbanjo12]

Ilove this. What a rythm section!! And a laughing Rex Steward after his first frase.

[nattyworks]

The banjo player is Danny Barker, giant of New Orleans jazz. Put his name in the tags....

[HepCat215]

I think Allen was overall a superior trumpeter when compared to Armstrong, but both are amazing.

[neverknewtillnow]

A classic jazz clip!

[170672346]

Agree with you entirely in your rating of Red Allen as a trumpet player, a truly superb musician with his own sound and a great showman (in the best sense of the word).

[wftpmt]

The tag is wrong that's Papa Jo Jones not Johnson

[unmand]

Thanx - i'm collecting performers to try, in a quest to discover my taste. (Not sure my previous comment reply got through...)

[unmand]

I've favourited this, a delight to find. :0)

Red Allen in your top three of all time - so who would the other two be?

[djmane1]

Louis Armstrong

Sweets Edison

[jhb134]

@djmane1 - No Bix Beiderbecke, Buck Clayton, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, et. al.? Edison was fine, but the others were probably better, overall. opinions only, of course.

[MrDamBrooks]

@unmand Dizzie and Louis (although of late i've been getting into James Andrews and Trombone Shorty they're both very good JA has a much more traditional sound but sits well along contemporary artists too)

[unmand]

@MrDamBrooks Three out of four I agree with and off to try out JA now! Happy New Year btw. ☺

[simonluca1able]

Bellissimo!!!

[poorperson]

wow!

[julesmonendrumface]

Real blues

[Banania212]

who's on piano and guitar???!

thanks for posting this treasure. xoxox

[drfligo]

Nat Pierce on piano.

[jmkism]

Danny Barker on guitar.

[SOTONY01]

Thanks for this very valuable recording.

You are right, Red Allen is undubtably an outstanding musician. But incomrehensibly underrated, just like his fellow musician, the Hungarian born Joe Muranyi from the Louis Armstrong All Stars. With Joe I made an intrerview, what you can see in my channel.

I know personally the fantastic trombonist too. On the other hand his name is not Vic Dickerson as you say, but: Vic Dickenson. And the drumer's name is not Jo Johnson but: Jo Jones.

[djmane1]

thanks for the correction Sotonyo and the info!!