these soundies, are the only public record of the music that was really happening during the 40's. not that watered down, stolen arrangements of glenn miller, and the dorseys. yes they were good, but they were taking the music they heard on central ave. in los angeles, where the real jams were going on in the clubs, all thru the early part of the last century.
SOME FINE REDBONE VIDEO VIXENS FROM BACK IN THE DAY ON DISPLAY HERE..
BLESSED EVENING STAY SAFE
Song by just Billy Strayhorn, not Ellington and Strayhorn.
these soundies, are the only public record of the music that was really happening during the 40's. not that watered down, stolen arrangements of glenn miller, and the dorseys. yes they were good, but they were taking the music they heard on central ave. in los angeles, where the real jams were going on in the clubs, all thru the early part of the last century.
So because this was recorded slightly less than a century ago every single person I'm looking at is dead right?
Wow. They all passed the paper bag test. Another example of racism. So sad, all we have had to endure.