Big Maybelle - I Ain't Mad at You (Live)

[gavinmaitland80]

@Ebrown506 Hello, I work for the Victoria & Albert museum in London, UK. I am working on a project relating to Black British Culture in conjunction with the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton. I have a photograph here by Charlie Phillips that I think has your Great-Grandmother in it but I would like some confirmation. I am sure you would enjoy seeing a photo from here (only?) UK tour so perhaps we can get in touch more privately if you are interested. Thanks, Gavin.

[Ebrown506]

@gubmintcheeze I'm not that familiar with youtube but I will ask my grandfather to email his pics to me and try my best. The pics we have are few but most of them have never been seen before by the world so it should be nice :-)

[Ebrown506]

@wiggidyc I don't know who wrote the bios, but they never mentioned her not having children either. My great grandmother (Big Maybelle) had one child when she was a young teen.That was before anyone knew who she was. She went her whole pregnancy unaware that she was pregnant. My granny was raised by her grandparents while her mother was out trying to make a name for herself. .

[JohnGSchuur]

don't mess with her....

[quieterrps]

@JamesKPower ~ You done good! Thanks!

[muzicman20]

pure

[TheGentlemanScholar]

This is priceless stuff. Thanks. Big Maybelle's music is well worth exploring...

[sharptownlady]

THANKS! A HUNDRED TIMES!

[johnbrowneyes]

Thank God someone knew enough to document this woman, the only live video of her. Stunning, moving, amazing.....she is a legacy. Thank you, Maybelle.

[redmeph10]

Its sharing things like this that excuse the rest of the internet. Its such a great thing to see this, I'd been looking for ages.

[TheTerryGene]

"Jazz On a Summer's Day" is, without doubt, the greatest jazz concert documentary ever filmed. Aside from the fantastic Big Maybelle, the roster included Gerry Mulligan, George Shearing, Thelonius Monk, Dinah Washington, Chuck Berry (!), Louis Armstrong, Anita O'Day and (closing the show after midnight on Sunday morning) Mahalia Jackson. The film is a joy to behold!

[dhrobbins]

@TheTerryGene You're absolutely right, Terry. The director was a photographer by profession, not really a "film guy" and it is so evident in his beautiful camera work. Personally, my favorite is the opening performance, Jimmy Guiffre ... after seeing that I became obsessed with him and tried to find as much live stuff as possible by him, but none of it is even close to being as hot and great as that performance.

[SATMOCA]

Thank you!

[6motion6]

Wonderful performance!

[bidaddyjoe]

SHE IS THE BADDDEESSSST LADY EVER.......TRUST ME

BIG JOE

[mneustadt]

she is a force of nature. thank you for posting

[lokijuh77]

I have never before seen video of Maybelle. Thank you for posting this!

[countrychess]

Fantastic !

Quel document !

" Jumpin' Jéosophat ! " : heureusement que de telles films ont été préservés pour témoigner de l'etendue du talent de Big Maybelle; woaw ! comment elle te booste le classique de Chick Corea !

La classe...

[Costadelsolshow]

ORIGINAL ROCK 'N ROLL DANCE CLUB! DJ Tall Mike

[FMZContralto]

Oh, God bless you. This is magnificent.

[DavidCKendall]

Really really cool!.....O snap!

[mrstanbmw]

whoever love this lady you got to hear her song called Pitiful in my opinion one of the greatest vocal performances of all time. She is a killer who takes no prisoners.

[LizaWolfemusic]

She sends a tingle to my brain and shivers right up and down my vertabrae!!

[watchitww1]

Excellent Footage!! I'm gonna have to get that DVD if still possible.

[xhaleonce]

Can the audience hear what Im hearing ? Omg... I can believe only 2 people are on the floor !!!! Come on people get off your ass.

[x7bees1]

1:18 to 1:31

[littlealpay]

Totally unbelievable. Two folks I wish I could have seen live. Big Maybelle and Big Joe Turner. She is phenomenal. Her track, You'll Be Sorry, cuts to the bone.

[brucebuffalo]

Love this! Used to hear her on the R&B stations in NYC in the '60s. Damn, what a great shouter AND she could rip you apart with a ballad. Long gone, but not forgotten!

Thanks for sharing!

[kyle41894]

i got a question? is this her only performance on the jazz on a summers day dvd or is there more, i cant get enough of miss maybelle

[JamesKPower]

@kyle41894 Yes, this is the only performance by Big Maybelle in 'Jazz on a Summer's Day'. I like to think whoever filmed this had enough sense to film her entire set, but so far nothing else from this show by her has surfaced.

[busseynova]

Can't stop listening to this!

[vinegate]

Thank you very much for posting and sharing a live performance of this wonderful artist with the rest of us.

[kodienyc]

I just fainted from the fierceness. ....

Now that I"ve revived, I'd like to suggest that all other jazz/blues vocalists just throw in the towel after this performance.

[Ebrown814]

OMG where did you find this? Big Maybelle is my great grandmother and we only have a few of her albums and a small amount of personal photos

[Phalanx70]

@Ebrown814 Its from a film called "Jazz On A Summer's Day" It's available on DVD.

I'd never heard of her but when I saw this on the DVD, I immediately bought a CD of her!

[Phalanx70]

@Ebrown814 It's from a film called: "Jazz On A Summer's Day" and it's been released on DVD in 2001 by Charly records (in Europe)

[soulfullsongbird88]

@Ebrown814 your great grandmother seems to be quite a lovely lady, if u wanted to find more clips of her honey i would google/or youtube her name honey....

[GubmintCheeze]

@Ebrown814 - Can you post some of those photos, perhaps as a collage with some of the music? Never been anyone like her. She deserves more exposure, and recognition.

[sbhoselover]

@Ebrown814 Your great grandmother was awesome! :)

[1wiggidyc]

@Ebrown814 whom thats intersting.....her bio says she had no children.

[1wiggidyc]

@1wiggidyc can you post any of her pics on her fan site. Love this lady. she's one of those singers that cant be mimiced.....thats what separates good singers from great ones and she was truly great.

[SpartacusBC]

Thank you - greatest female voice of the 50s

[sundaywilde41]

thank you :) ive been listening to her since i was 10.

[praizequeen]

Thank you, thank you, thank you JamesKPower.! I have been looking all over for live footage of Big Maybelle.

[bigeman25]

Maybelle was a powerhouse!

Rock Maybelle Rock!!!!

[hullygulley]

Maybelle...forget about it. Is this from Newport ???

[jrickyb]

This actually gives me chills down my spine. She was the greatest!

[yaya4now2]

May God Bless You Real Good for sharing this. I wanted to see Big Maybelle in action also. A real PowerHouse of a singer/entertainer/woman!

[DrRobbieG]

Thank you for uploading this...I'd been frustrated by the lack of live footage of Big Maybelle in action.

[Linelia]

I love her growing singing! What a presence, beautiful lady and that smile!!!

[wjolly]

...Thank you so much for this!!!! Big Maybelle had few peers!!! Glad to see actual footage of her!!

[whouwantme2b]

she was definitly influenced by louis armstrong.

[imhappywithmyself]

she tore this up im I love to sang growls im deepley infuerance by her music because I have a mean growl also