East St. Louis Toodle-Oo

[MrDecentTunes]

tune

[bmarlin611]

Steely Dan did nice cover of this great tune..

[NarodniMuzej]

double checked - UR right, I`m not.

IMO they look so much alike in their older days I was almost sure... anyhow, thaks for correcting me, bro - much appreciated.

[DomicileImbecile]

Wow. I wonder if this Duke Ellington guy was influenced by the Squirrel Nut Zippers...

[deltaomegaable]

glenlivet 12 and a romeo y julietta bully.

takes you back.

[NarodniMuzej]

great song by GRAND duke ellington... what's the catch with the photo of cab calloway, playing a piano attached to it?

[speechrighter]

@NarodniMuzej Cab Calloway? That's Duke, bro.

[chamberl]

and Steely Dan ;-)

[carlafierro7]

i wish they would turn that damn DISLIKE button OFF .. all it does it accentuate the STUPIDITY of SOME PEOPLE .. MORONS!

[kristikrause]

I love mutes on the trumpet

[IndependentSellOut]

a Duke Ellington Classic, a jazz standard, and a great 1927-30 composition all I in a big band that took turns like the roarin' time.

[paulb111]

I keep waiting for a slick piano solo by the Duke to come in like on the steely dan version but to no avail (sigh)

[fighterace0]

It doesn't get any more American than this! These modern pop "singers" need to stop ripping everybody off.

[thealfsurf]

Duke

[epoppinbazz]

Toodle fuckin-Oo?

[cenzo188]

This song makes me want to go out and buy a steamboat.

[ClockworkRockStar]

Wow...no other words...

[TheFifingIrish]

This was Duke's theme song until Strayhorn wrote "A Train." The trumpeter on this version, I believe, is not Cootie Williams but his predecessor, Bubber Miley. Also, it's possible that this recording is so old that the clarinet is Rudy Jackson, not Barney Bigard.

[TKMSeznam12]

@TheFifingIrish Bubber Miley and Louis Metcalf are trumpet in this one.

[RagtimeIrvin]

Sounds a lot like Jelly Roll Morton's New Orleans Bump

[grayae519]

Cootie on that "wah wah" trumpet is the buisness

[pressurestuidos]

this make me want to dance in my chair

[crankbv1]

So, l've finally found the version l had on reel to reel back in the fifties. lMO and having listened to the rest it's still the best recording of this classic ever made...l'd almost given up hope of finding it again.

[princeofbohemia]

Who else feels like strutting in some public place while listening to this?

[hooeybrown]

I first heard this song via the Steely Dan cover, which I think is fabulous! But "Sir Duke" is the originator of this song and this is a good version.

[SoocerManyac]

MY GOD!!! dude i love you

i was looking for this song for a while

i fcking LOOOVE IT

tumbs up if u agree with me

[darealpurep618]

love it

[cioupty]

what about the steely dan version?? Excellent imho...

[Thechilihot]

He's the man.

[wei495]

4 people disliked this? Why...?

[0ldfinger]

So wonderful. 

[Jackxismine]

0:25 - 0:52 (to me this part represents laughter)

[BadLuckLux]

I'm transcribing this tune right now. great stuff, man.

[im4himandhe4me]

If anyone else knows of any old song with a lot of that "wonka wonka" in it please reply and let me know. I love that stuff!

[SondheimFanatic1]

True and utter love.

[ugottheblues]

this isnt the original version of this song but its near it

[louswire]

Hey Popkian... where did you find such a clean copy? The sound quality is superb.

BTW... thanks for posting this one.

[jibsmokestack1]

Best music ever imo!

[Beboptheme]

Fantastico!

[CaptainJbp]

The first wha wha of the history :)

[LoveTOFU2]

Anybody who lives there wants to say toodle-oooo!

[Exilemainstreet]

I came to this thru Steely Dan.

[guitmarc54]

one of Steely dans great remakes

[georgeford54]

Check out the Steely Dan cover on Pretzel Logic. Even Duke would approve.

[catizzlefunfun]

I just got finished doing my Harlem Renaissance play and my friend had to dance to this song and it happened to be my favorite dance and song outta it all. It's just so darn catchy

[TheManicAddict]

ahhh god damn that intro solo is so god damn sexy! haha

[MRalpochino]

amazing chord progression. to bad there is none of this left. its only shit ass rapers and electronic crap

[19Steven91]

@MRalpochino It's funny how each generation refuses to acknowledge the following generation's music. You should know that the music on the radio and tv doesn't reflect the best or the roots.

[Xanderj89]

@19Steven91

It represents what people listen to the most, overall. Because most people only learn of music through the radio, which is disappointing.

[19Steven91]

@Xanderj89 This is true but rap's origins was no different than the evolution of Jazz, people just decided to use it for shallow lyrics.

[Jumpinjahosafa]

@MRalpochino Sounds like you're looking in the wrong places.

[l2ose12]

@MRalpochino au contraire, go to new orleans and you'll find this music still lives. It's tasty :)

[CycoSeventyAte]

this song reminds me of hard liquor, 1920's suites, and naked women.

[DecembersLament]

@CycoSeventyAte Doesn't it just? Whiskey on the rocks, a lucky strike stogie, and go go girls ftw. swing has always been my favorite genre

[jakazza]

Always loved this

[Freddy1210]

can anyone tell me what are the instruments for the beginning

[jimbo1066]

@Freddy1210 the intro is saxes with rhythm section. the opening solo is a trumpet played with a plunger mute.

[jimbo1066]

and also some trombones in the intro

[thefuturedp27]

I looooooove this song.

[hombredemusica07]

one should mention that this is the early version of the song (~1927), in more of a Jazz-Rag form. The version he was playing by 1937 was different; it was more of a true jazz form.

[thekaje2]

Well, this is a HOT jazz form of the song.

The '37 version was more swing and more orchestrated, but necessarily more of a "true jazz form".

[emersondavis]

hey childrens house its emerson!

[Zellynews]

Past Life

[modemeyes]

Great music! 5* & Fav.

[Vilppum]

Here's the awesome thing: I learned that Duke Ellington wrote the piece after listening to the cover by Steely Dan!

Nothing beats the original, but Steely Dan does justice to it. It is as if Steely Dan is establishing a continuity with and paying homage to the jazz artists of the past.

One amazing band leads me to an amazing composer -- delightful.

[jnkyrdd0g]

@Vilppum Steel Dan covered Ellingtons song before he wrote it ?...lol...how did that happen?

[Vilppum]

Ah, a lack of clarity on my part. I learned that Duke Ellington wrote the piece, but only after I heard the Steely Dan cover.

[clarencekellerII]

the same thing just happened to me just now and I'm 22! Alas wish my generation would continue wonderful melodies with class!

[Vilppum]

I made the discovery at 21, and I'm 22 now.

[clarencekellerII]

lol...you've given me hope!

[me333333333333]

@clarencekellerII im 16 and have listened to jazz and blues and such for my whole life i live in it =]

[Kalobe1]

Great tune.

[spacekait]

Thanks for posting this. I enjoyed listening to it.

[dominiccook12]

wet weather music or silent movie or elevator music

[sandmasterslayer]

why do people put this stupid "post to other videos or your gonna die" crap.why don't you guys write something about the video or your opinion of it.noone cares about all that stupid nonsense.

also,one of my all time favorite duke songs! :)

[tsepulveda08]

hey sand master....SHUT THE FUCK UP!

[Nacho66]

I like the banjo in the background.

[Pumukl1000]

the trumpet-player is awesome. Does anyone know who it is ?

[FaJazzn]

The trumpet player is James "Bubber" Miley

[eschborn317]

I can never get enough of the Duke

[ronsense]

the best. the best fucking best. the absolutely best. the total best. fuycked up best. pardon the foul language...i'm a little drunk.

[robmanic44]

The greatest musician America has ever produced. Closely followed by Louis Armstrong.

[mbrown76]

.1 Louis Armstrong

.2 Louis Armstrong

.3 Louis Armstrong

.4 Louis Armstrong

.5 Duke Ellington

Just my opinion.

[Annuunnaki]

Yep That's Ellington in 1927

[Tehshakezula]

beauty.

[vigh1987]

we just learned about him in my history of jazz class and my professor played this song in class, and i absolutely love it.

[aderon2]

Do you have Danielsson at UCF by chance? I learned of the song from history of jazz too lol

[vigh1987]

nope! gudmundson at USU. haha that's cool we're in the same class though. it's a really interesting class.

[thepintobean9]

i'm in history of jazz and that's why i looked this up haha

[violatione]

I love this and "hot and bothered"

[RubyVonBlau]

This has to be one of my most favorite pieces from Duke Ellington

[54spiritedwill54]

I love old music too

[DCussen]

Sort of sad now - like a bittersweet time of a bygone era.

[RevieUp]

Nice. Music from that era can be so great - I attempted to attach a video response of the "Dan" version as set to some 1920's related visuals/themes in my homemade documentary.

Enjoy.

[jobbymacnuff]

ohhhh soo brilliant amazing peice :D

[Roxey804]

i think this is the 1926 or pre 1926 version

[ElizabethTalbot]

I don't think this is the November 1926 version, which can be heard on the Internet Archive.

[lukensal]

These guys were ground-breakers with making the instruments "talk." Thanks for posting!

[ultimateinfinite]

Total sex! but I first heard steely dans take on this.

[madtiger111]

The Duke was the truth. Don't hate.

[bbiidoublezy]

Duke Ellington for the fucking win

[fozngrace]

But do you KNOW what the East St. Louis Toodle-oo is? It is an old 30's thing tyhat working men. Get a hooker, and then dash back home to momma!

[hrqprime]

too bad this song came out in the 20's...

[MANFROMMARS46]

Why? It's got a fantastic 1920s sound, unbeatable.

[hrqprime]

wow. you, MANFROMMARS46 might be as incompetent as fozgrace....

[MANFROMMARS46]

Sorry I don't follow. Who was fozgrace. Why am I incompetent?

[dopemunky]

ah I've been trying to find this on CD, great song.

[LyricalLies09]

You can find it on Ken Burn's Jazz: The Story of America's Music

[Antimatter245]

I recently acquired the CD from a relative,

and Duke Ellington's music is very impressive compared to other jazz at the time.

[newfiefella]

Think i head this in an old betty boop cartoon somewhere,,anyways great song.

[marcelnz]

did youz know that steely dan did a very good cover of this tune !!!

[SuprTyphoon]

This song is amazing.

[Batmanisreallycool]

I love old music...