"Ain't Misbehavin'" from Haiti Benefit Concert CD "The Music of Mardi Gras"

"Ain't Misbehavin'" is a 1929 song written by Thomas "Fats" Waller, Harry Brooks (music) and Andy Razaf (lyrics).[1] Waller recorded the original version that year for Victor Records and also later performed the song in the 1943 film Stormy Weather.

This is an excerpt from a traditional jazz concert performed by the Jordan Klapman Octet, featuring some of the world's finest musicians.

All proceeds from the CD of the concert http://tinyurl.com/JKCDemail (email link) are donated to the relief and support of the people of Haiti through the Presbyterian World Service and Development's Haitian Relief Fund.

Featuring:

• Julie Michels: vocals
• Jon Seiger: vocals & trumpet,
• Jordan Klapman: piano,
• Rob Somerville: trombone,
• Tom Skublics: clarinet/saxphone s,
• Jamie Macpherson: banjo,
• Jack Zorawski: bass,
• Glenn Anderson: drums

Recorded live at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
http://StAndrewsToronto.org/jazz
Toronto. February 14, 2010

by Jason LaPrade/Crystal Clear Sound: Recording Engineer
http://CrystalClearSound.ca

Filmed in full High Definition by InspireInc
http://inspireinc.com

Additional Videography by Nihat Varol
http://mandy.com/home.cfm?c=var090

Stills photography and additional HD video by Yuri Dojc
http://YuriDojc.com

Main title design by Alan Evanson
http://side-project.ca

Watch, listen and buy more of Jordan's music at
http://JordanKlapman.com

"Ain't Misbehavin'" was used in the off-broadway musical Connie's Hot Chocolates.[citation needed] It has been recorded by many other performers over the years, including Anita O'Day, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Kay Starr, Frankie Laine, Art Tatum, Sonny Stitt, Johnnie Ray, Sidney Bechet, Ray Charles, Elkie Brooks, Bill Haley & His Comets (who recorded a rock and roll version in 1957). In 1960 Tommy Bruce and the Bruisers had a #3 hit in the UK with their version of the song. Leon Redbone performed the song on Saturday Night Live in 1976. It served as the title song of the successful 1978 musical Ain't Misbehavin'.

The original 1929 recording of "Ain't Misbehavin'", by Fats Waller received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1984, and it was one of fifty recordings selected for inclusion in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress in 2004.

In 2001, it was one of 365 Songs of the Century selected by the RIAA.

Hank Williams Jr. took his version to the top of the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in 1986.

Historical information from: http://tinyurl.com/Wikipedia-AintMisbehavin

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