Gene Krupa 1945 Ethel Smith on Hammond Organ
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- Excerpt from "George White’s Scandals," 1945.
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Smith's Hammond organ arrangements are still in print. "Tico-Tico" was my all-time favorite. It's why my parents bought me our Hammond A-100. The lady is legend. I wish more people today knew her talent and music.
That record is basically a demonstration disc for the keyboard. It worked too !
You can tell it’s a new machine as the characteristic Hammond wobble hasn’t yet developed.
Man, what swell times those were when men dressed in suits and ties and women wore designer gowns to swank cocktail parties and Gene Krupa and Ethel Smith would drop by to lay down some sick jams! I miss those days!
I never knew about Ethel, until now. Thank you for showing me this pioneering lady.
Wow! Her fingers are so fast and accurate! Beautiful! Almost looks like magic! 🤯
Wow!!! Look at her go! No freaking overdubs on this shit here. All live and all badass. That's when organ playing live required showmanship and tremendous chops. Holy shit.
ah-ehm, unless someone is changing registers for her off camera, playing glockenspiel, shakers and horns, this performance is in playback.
@@oromoiluig She is changing the presets when she hits those on the left. Hammond's are interesting.
@@MRichK sure, check out the preset change at 0:25 where none of the hands leaves the white keys.
Yes, she can even play four voices on a machine that is capable of three. Noone has done that since without overdubs.
No movies have ever been made without what you're calling "overdubs". Sorry for the double negative.
The greatest lady organist in the world! RIP Ethel you are missed, thank God we have these tapes.
You've obviously never heard of Rhoda Scott, Shirley Scott, or Trudy Pitts.
No, thank science.
Props to Gawd for being the cameraman.
@@markballard4688 Or Barbara Dennerlein
@@Baribrotzer Exactly. But something like the original comment happens when people without any clue believe they have to tell the world who is the best.
A SUPER PERFORMANCE FROM THE LEGENDARY ETHEL SMITH. THANKS FOR POSTING IT UP.
Ethel was the les paul of the guitar ! i have not seen to this day anyone better than Ethel.
Comparisons are odious but Barbara Dennerlein is an organ virtuoso on the Hammond (and pretty good on the regular pipe organ too).
Hmm .. I think Les Paul was the "Les Paul" of the guitar! Ethel Smith was famous as an organist.
@@robertvanruyssevelt7159 Not to forget Rhoda Scott.
@@robertvanruyssevelt7159 She sampled a plucked contra bass and found a way, that it is very convincing. It's not easy, when you haven't any touch response, but she managed it and it sounds way better, than the so called "string bass" later Hammonds had and extremely better, than the factory pedal sound, that is closer to a principal combination on a pipe organ, than a typical Jazz music bass sound.
Thank you for posting. She was something else,. now entertaining the angels.I am in love.
Ethel must be one of the pioneers in playing such lively Hammond B3. I got one of the album and she was definitely amazing.
No B3, she plays a model BC with an sometimes added chimes effect in this movie. The BC used an additional tonewheel-generator. Not used in this movie because the small extra drawbar control was not pulled out.
@@prof.t.c.pfeiler1280 Thanks, Prof for the info. I would have not known that so thanks for sharing. She really got a flair for the organ.
@@Fabsurf101 Yes, she got a very special feeling. Musically not really my bag but I respect every hard working performer.
@@prof.t.c.pfeiler1280 Thanks
@@prof.t.c.pfeiler1280 Thank you. The B3 is insanely overrated, and is NOT THE ONE IN THIS VIDEO. Yes, there's a difference in: how they sound, and how they were built. I don't think there's a Leslie in this (thank God).
She's incredible.. playing three parts at once..
every organist does that. That’s how the instrument works
@@michaelprozonic I'm a keyboardist for the last 40 years and I couldn't do that.. I've played in a lot of churches and can only think of one person that can read and play three parts.. it's not that easy..
Joey DeFrancesa was also a master of it
@@counterfit5 I just listened to him play "fly me to the moon" his fingers are faster than the action on the hammond.. lol. Yes he's also a Master on the Hammond.
Here the pedal virtuosism to say "play by feet"
czcams.com/video/gp66DPyZzBU/video.html
The Song name is "Os Pintinhos no Terreiro" by Zequinha de Abreu, Brazillian "Choro"
Boa tarde, amigo! Muito obrigado pela valiosa informação. Apreciador que sou da música brasileira em todos os tempos, buscando Gene Kruppa, eis que me deparo com esta delícia. Sei do valor do Zequinha de Abreu... Felicidades!
also composer of the most famous Tico Tico...
Amazing!!! Music: Pintinhos no terreiro. Composer: Zequinha de Abreu.
Music: Tico-Tico no Fubá
@@danieldrz251 nop!
@@danieldrz251 No. Chicks in the yard. Also by Zequinha de Abreu, the same composer of Tico-tico no Fubá.
She makes it look so easy! All I can play is the stereo!
I have this Hammond in my collection. Jimmy Smith gave me crap about it when I mentioned I have it. No worries Jimmy we don't see eye to eye on how or what to play any way. It came from Larry Wiseman the great keyboard player from the band " Lady " . Made in 1934 By the Hammond Clock Company. Still plays great, Real silver etched Draw bars. Sounds different than the later models, more like rock n Roll. Also Wally Stoltz played it in " Cast of a Thousand another great band " . Wally should be in the Keyboard players hall of fame. Great solo's, much Like Rod Argent's style of developing a solo and building the harmonics and opening up the voice of the Hammond. So many great Hammondist Love Ethel's performances.
@cindykrista Way to go Dad !
Tell Jimmy Smith to jump in the lake. Hammonds rock!!
@@shawnmcculley2995 Yo Shawn, I didn't say anything but I stomped around for a few days. Hammonds are amazing ! Thanks bro be well
If we are talking about Jimmie Smith, the jazz organist popular in the 1960s, I didn't like him at all. He played in a way that I called "all flash and no substance." He released a version of "Misty" and the song was unrecognizable until about the third verse. People used to laugh about Lawrence Welk, but LW remembered the old rule - to connect with your audience, give them something they can recogize. Jimmie Smith didn't do that in my opinion. No, I didn't idolize LW or JS... I looked for the middle ground. Some skill with various types of appotiatura, but something recognizable behind the fireworks.
Musical balance is a must.
@@kegginstructure Yep I agree he never really hit me with any feeling, songs like Green Onions even though simple much better for me.
Beautiful, smooth, and talented... Reminiscent of Helen Forrest, Julie London, Sarah Vaughn ❤️
Ethel married actor Ralph Bellamy the same year (1945) but they had a very short-lived marriage which lasted only two years. Ethel didn’t approve of his drinking and Ralph claimed in his divorce testimony that she locked him out of their Manhattan apartment numerous times when he didn’t arrive home 15-minutes after the last curtain-call. Ralph was Ethel’s second (and last) husband and Ethel was Ralph’s third wife….he married his fourth wife in 1949.
Lesson learned- If you're going to marry someone (like Ethel, God knows I won't): You better be clean, punctual (on time), and loyal. Unlike other types of musicians...organists are BITCHES, and are too well-disciplined.
Aplausos aplausos que gran destreza amo éstos órganos sonido inigualable hoy reliquia elegante
Never saw a pair of hands move so fast and play such difficult music.....she was even busy working the foot pedals. What a talented gal she was. (I see a glimpse of Joan Davis in the back). What a star studded musical that was!
And pedalling in HEELS!!!!
That is NOT easy! I know! LOL I've tried!
Yeah yeah yeah... I know... I'm a guy, but I have smart ass friends who as a gag gift for one birthday, they actually got me a pair of heels, very much like those (strapped, high spike) and glittery pink.... well DUH! what other color of glittery heels would one gift to a Gay guy!? LOL😅😂🤣
So they wanted me to play something with some bass runs on the pedals.... you know... so that they could tease me and of course, take video for later use. LOL
Well, I did. It was NOT easy as I'm used to playing in sock feet (no shoes at all). I like and need the feel of the pedals in order to not make errors.
It was a mic drop moment, even though, I won't actually drop my mics... 'cause... you know... expensive. LOL
There’s a clip here on CZcams of a little girl on a more modern Yamaha organ. Both hands, both feet going like crazy - so many different orchestral sounds coming out at once, and all live.
Organists normally play pedals and foot pedals are the only kind of pedals there are.
😎👍🇺🇸🇵🇱🥁 GO GENO GO!
Polish pride from Chicago's southside!
That's what you call fantastic!💯💯💯💯💯👏👏👏👏
This is totally rockin'!
Ethel Smith MARAVILLOSA !! GENIAL !!
Tenha-se presente que, em 1955 esse Órgão ainda era "valvulado". O transistor veio na chegada dos anos '60.
Que maravillosa eran las personas en el tiempo de antes , se nota la buena vibra .
She could really play that double keyboard Hammond well.
that was exceptional.
That was cool!
And... playing with her feet, too. Awesome! I swear some organists are drummers, too. Fantastic playing!!!
Klaus Wunderlich learned to play drums and I think, his skills on organs made this pretty easy to him.
This has surely got to be one of the hardest keyboards to master, what with all the knobs floor pedals etc
That's the Hammond organ. Those are drawbars that's give out different sounds. The inverted keys on the far left are the presets. The pedals she was using on her left foot are the bass pedals and the pedal she was using her right foot is the expression pedal.
Knobs? Only one on most Hammonds, the vibrato's 3 modes.
SHE WAD TRULY THE BEDT OF THE BEST. RIP ETHEL YOU ARE MISSED.
0:12 The conga player made it on the highway and can now accelerate to high speed.
Damn impressive! And quite the looker to boot!
Classy dressers. and a lady with tallent!
It wasn't just the playing... she was quite glam, wasn't she?
Depending to the movie plot, she was one time the young beautiful woman and another time the lady, who taught teenage girls. But when she started to play, she was the little child, what discovers the world by playing and have so much joy.
i love the stink eye she gives the one lady clapping at the wrong time (1:10)
Never heard of her before (don't play keyboard), but she is a doll.
What a....Class. !!!
LOVE it ! ...Isn't that the actor who played 'The Tin Man' in "The Wizard of Oz" standing near her ?
Yes
Yep. Jack Haley !
Merci, I didn't know of her.
Pretty damned amazing -- playing pedals in high heels is eye-opening.... I had a Hammond B3 for a quarter of a century. I would have loved to know what Marcel Dupré thought of her....
Super Duper .......................................Bill Bickley UK
The One and Only ! ✨❤️✨
Awesome!
Now that was impressive!
Wonder how many takes it took to get this so tight.
What talent !!
I know there's probably a lot of people like myself wondering how tf did she do that? Speed. A lot of speed
thats diehard, playing pedals on heels!
Si ella,Ethel podia apretar los pedales del organo con sandalias de taco alto.
Porque no lo hacen las demas organistas,algunas lo hacen.👠👡
@Drumuitar Add more Ethel Smith videos please! Thank you!
Marvelous ❤❤
Wonderful!!!!!
Play it, Grandma Walton!
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What about Booker T Jones who was part of Booker T and The MGs?
Amazing!!!
The song title is "The parrot on the fortune teller's hat".
What was 1st song Ethel Smith played before this song? It starts with an L. I think it's Liza, All The Clouds’ll Roll Away. But I'm not sure. Correct me if I am wrong.
@@j.g.p.jr.6497 Tico-Tico (1944).
Shawn McCulley I found it. It’s called Liza, All The Clouds’ll Roll Away. Do you have the movie version?
I know something else that is also on the fortune teller's hair.
Crikey..fantastic!
Such talent 👍 the birds a bit of alright also 😛
She changes her sound without pushing any buttons!
Actually the “buttons” are the reverse colored Preset Keys on the left and they do change the sound. Each one has a little different tone, so when she plays she pushes those to create the other sounds. I hope to be as good as Ethel Smith someday!
I'm surprised CZcams and Google haven't taken this down, no diversity in the crowd....
...sizzling style, dazzling dame!...smashing show!...thank you!...
Pretty cool!
Very simple. Remember, the right keys at the right time?
Irmão do Tico Tico ? ☹️
Nice!
awesome
I didn't know organs went so far back and even further.
Also synthesizers and electronic pianos existed before 1950.
But with the invention of transistor and micro electronics, it became cheaper and more reliable to build electronic instruments. Both was available in the 1970's and therefore people pretty often purchased an organ instead piano.
Ethel steal the show everytime she was on stage....
I'd love to throw a party like that.
No one would listen, as they are doing here. Everyone would tune out after 5 seconds and start talking and treat this as background music. Then two people would start clowning around and dancing and everyone would watch them.
As a side note, women instrumentalists were not allowed in the big bands but were as vocalists. And yet Ethel Smith beat the odds. Her way.
Those Bongo Skins might as well have been a pair of Old Dish Cloths pinned down with thumbtacks!
Barbara Denerlein is a German organist who is quite good.
Great
Title of the Song?
Hello. thank you for always.
Is Ethel Smith the wife of Gene?
Hammond organ, model BC console.
I played at a church that had a Hammond BC back in 2000. No telling if that church still has it.
My high school has one of these beauties in 1965. Regretfully I had no appreciation for it at all
Muito bommm
she has fingers like an octopus lol!
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The lady can play...
W O W ! ! 😮 🎹
Aww Gene don't be that way!
BENNY NEVER SAID THAT!!!
its like .15x sped up right?
Nope
Groovy baby
Few people knew she was Jimmy Smith’s mom.
reminds me of *Hammond A Gogo*
It's The Tin Man!
I'd give my right arm to be able to play like that.
Well…you would need both arms, as a start.
Domi and JD Beck.
that'S a hammond?
Ethel de mí amor,cómo apretás los pedales con sandalias de taco alto.
Was the guy o the right the tin man in wizard of oz ?.
Yes, Jack Haley.
she even got the Tin Man rocking
High heels playing the pedals! Others try to get me to buy special expensive organ shoes.
If 1945 CZcams would ve exist, she would be been definitely a yt influencer
Very talented, BUT the soundtrack was not just what you saw. Krupa's hands did not exactly match the soundtrack and that wrinkled head on the low conga would not have made a rich tone. There were also enhancements like the trumpet section at :30 :72 and 1:23. Her accompaniment with the left hand at 1:25 did not match the sound played. Still great tho.
In a big, expensive, time-consuming shoot like this they're never going to try to record a live take at the same time. Same as a record, this is a fictional presentation of a flawless and seemingly inhuman performance, along with coiffed hair, pressed clothes, gleaming lipstick and make-up, canned smiles, and dramatic winks from the performers. It might take a dozen takes to get everything to happen right. Instead, waaaay easier, faster, and cheaper, produce the soundtrack in the conventional way in a recording studio, voila, nice rich conga sound, and then shoot the video, multi-camera, later, then drop in closeups, then film some pickups if someone had lipstick on their teeth. Gene may not have even been in the same room with Ethel. Gene's agent got them 15 minutes with Gene after he finished at the Copa, from 3a to 3:15a, before he had to make a rehearsal until 5a for a recording session that started at 9a.
Прекрасно! Я не могу поверить, это точно 1945год? Если это так , то это очень хороший и качественный клип.
Великолепная женщина ! Браво!
So.....that's where Rick got his ideas for costumes
AWESOME 👍
But who is changing the sounds??
She is. Those reverse colored keys on the left side are the preset keys. That changes the sound of the organ. That's the same for the drawbars above the top keyboard.