Billy Eckstine Sings Lonesome Lover Blues

The great Mr.B with his band, c.1946

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Music

Tags:

• jazz
• eckstine
• blues
• singers
• vocalists
• band

[jimnick1]

I did not post those...but I will post a couple of other ones from this same film.

[TheMoonchildiva]

great voice, great looking man, SO HANDSOME!! and he's really rockin' here!! my mom's favorite singer. thinking of her today, her birthday, rest in pace, babe.

[customkey]

Looks like Porter Kilbert and Howard "The Swan" Johnson on altos.

[mylescranford]

It doesn't get any better than this! Wow, tremendous band, and GREAT arrangement!!  Also, if they ever male a biopic about Mr. B...Terrence Howard is the perfect visual match, and he has the chops!

[cemmi2]

not sure if that is really Leo Parker? It could be a very young Ceicel Payne? That might be a very young Sonny Stitt. There were a few changes at that time to B's band.. But always deep swinging feeling!!.. Dexter was in 45 & again in 47? As well as, many of THEEEEE great players/artists of that time. But They all floated thru this incredible band Wonderful Arr. and HIS voice was special! This might actually be an overdub film.46-7

[davisc1926]

I think I spotted Jimmy Heath!! 1:13 I think

[stellapitbull]

depp is great but way too white --- el debarge looks a lot like him and can sing a little

[givemetoast]

I'm impressed with your knowlege Mr. Perryjthomas! It's interesting that no one playing alto is notable since they sound soooo good; much like Basie on this piece with the scoops.

[perryjthomas]

Oh,i almost forgot....Tommy Potter was the

bassist in the Eckstine band,,,who of course

joined Charlie Parker's quintet,after the band dissolved in "47.

[perryjthomas]

This film was made in 1947,and it featured Gene Ammons & Frank Wess on tenor saxes,Leo

Parker on baritone sax,and the great Art Blakey on drums. Some of the other personnel

is not as well known as the above mentioned,

and did not have jazz careers of any note after the band broke up,in the same year.