Toot That Trumpet (1941) -- Deep River Boys

Toot That Trumpet
Deep River Boys
1941

"The Deep River Boys sing an exciting version of Toot that Trumpet (1941), staged as a club setting with lots of dancers, Chinese paper lanterns hanging from the ceiling, & a lively trumpet player.

"The dance spills out into the street where we see a super jitterbug routine in front of a brownstone's stoop. The uncredited dancers are Whitey's Lindy Hoppers who appeared in a handful of soundies in 1941, & were regulars at the Savoy Club in Harlem.

"This song became a semi-standard for bands of the day because it allowed for showy trumpet solos. If the song's heyday as a near-standard didn't last it's in great part because it's a fairly workmanlike boogie number, dependent on a horn player's interpretation no matter what band performs it.

"Nor are the lyrics more than corny. Yet the Deep River Boys make as much of "Toot that Trumpet" as is possible & the overall exuberance of the soundie makes it totally enthralling."
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