Calloway Boogie - Cab Calloway

The Snader telescription Calloway Boogie aka Cab's Club (1950) starts right off with Cab Calloway dancing up a storm. A scaled down version of his band is seated behind him: Panama Francis on drum kit, Milt Hinton on doublebase, Jonah Jones on trumpet, Dave Rivera on piano. For this number, Jonah on trumpet is mightily highlighted.
It's a one-take live performance & Cab's not perfectly miked, but it has that "no retakes" realism to it that is a pleasure.
The song however boils down to a fairly standard boogie woogie, with new words put to an old riff: "Here's a little song I'd like to do for you/ Ain't nothin' to it, it's easy to do/ Called the Calloway boogie. Calloway boogie/ Keeps you groovy twenty-four hours day."
It's really Jonah's trumpet that saves the song from being a cookie-cutter number to the standard boogie beat. This song's studio recording includes Cab's entire band, & this scaled down version is actually a very lovely alternate, thanks to Cab's major sideman Jonah Jones who just can't be praised enough.
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[@bobgaysummerland]

nothing like watching Cab. He could raise the dead.

[@julielambert6764]

so glad we still have these videos

[@yakamarezlife]

Not them all most where distoryed in the fire at universal most of his master's are gone

[@jubalcalif9100]

Amen to that !!

[@apeiceofgarbage9848]

Me too. Although we have lost so much information to the deep depths of history, I think that just makes what we do have that much more valuable.

[@apeiceofgarbage9848]

@Dwain Neighbors 🖕

[@edwinrivera5068]

Yes I so agree..

[@queencanislupusofthewolfpa2247]

I love Cab Calloway!! One of the most popular mainstream acts in black music back in the days. He was one our pioneer music artist for Boogie Woogie.

[@peterbrooks9432]

And hip hop - check out a tune he did called Abe Gezunt. Its Hip Hop in 1933 style!

[@akakirde9452]

@@peterbrooks9432 ODB sampled minnie the moocher in Dirty the Moocher too; I also think hi-de-ho man was sampled somewhere too

[@vafleur]

"Back in the days"? Jeez how old are you

[@emmanuelvarela281]

un artista que trasciende en el tiempo, por atreverse a demostrar su talento a pesar de las circunstancias.

[@joshjoshnson214]

I'm agree I love him I listen to him all the time

[@kazz8891]

I love how his daughter was one of the first black woman to teach in a white-only school. She's also retired nowadays and still alive, it must be so good to see these footages of Cab for her, he seems like he was such a delightful energy guy.

[@victorparker308]

When all of a sudden you realize your great grandparents were way more cool than you'll ever be.

[@annedwyer797]

😘😘😘😘🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RobertCooperTheGallery]

As always, Marie Bryant kills the dance routine!!!

[@geraldstephens6612]

Father of Be- Bop, Hip-Hop & Rap!!!!

[@rolandmarkland6844]

The original B boy

[@j.w.3345]

Cab Calloway was a national treasure. Amazing talent.

[@egyptianminor]

A fine woman dancing w/ The Cabster.

[@weirdgamingmoon8324]

Good you didn't say lobster

[@chaz951]

Talk about bust a move. The man is singing and grooving. Put on a show!!! Cab ain't no joke!!!!

[@jamesagwe2981]

The man meant business

[@keithgraham9547]

If there was a Hall of Fame for "cool," Cab would be the original inductee.

[@punchtothegut]

Props to those cats for putting on a hell of a performance back then. You can see them sweating in all those suits and still playing aces. Major props. Even Cab looks like he needs a sweat rag at the end PS this stuff should totally be in a fallout game

[@jaliyalopez1777]

Agreed

[@brownrabbit61]

My dad introduced me to Cab Callloway. He would have been 98 this year. Thanks, dad. Cool 😎

[@EUSL84]

How you could not dance with that rhytm?, sick!

[@ericcassidy6916]

Words cant describe the joy I get from this

[@Alffovinni]

This is FANTASTIC. Now THIS is some real swingin jazz

[@Zeppolino100]

I am SO glad I went to see him perform in 1978 in upstate New York. Man, he STILL had it going on then, and thrilled the crowd with his signature hair and head flap move. What an entertainer!!!

[@howardmaryon]

My parents loved him. Very hard to get his records in Britain in the 1950’s, but they had an American diplomat friend who used to bring new ones near Christmas time. I think he was the Michael Jackson of his era.

[@frankradcliff7371]

This dear man was way ahead of his time, his music still rings true to the oppressed and blue. God bless you sir

[@TheVeryAngryShrimp]

I'm so glad we have video records of the 19th century. Despite its hardships, it must've been a hell of an era for creatives like musicians and artists.

[@jubalcalif9100]

So true !!

[@davidhenschel1990]

This movie was filmed in the 20th century, not the 19th.

[@illitrait]

...there it is again, @@davidhenschel1990. The deflection. Like there wasn't the same hardship in the 20th century.

[@davidhenschel1990]

@BabaStiletto I corrected the century. Reference to hardships was already correct.

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

It's the 20th century. We are now in the 21st century (2024). The 19th century was the 1800s.

[@SuperTooncesthecat]

Did you notice how he dances and sings without catching his breath?

[@jubalcalif9100]

He was truly a force of nature !!

[@chloepainter4064]

Must’ve had an impressive set of lungs!!

[@SaBhu10an]

Living cartoon.

[@SallySpr0ut]

Entertaining was his natural state ❤

[@sweetcupatea5304]

He's just a groovy, boogie bird

[@lemusarmando2]

This is pure energy and happyness...

[@60chasman]

WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT......... THATS HOW ROCKN ROLL STARTED

[@didoudingue1801]

SWING THAT!!!!!

[@divineglitch9550]

these guys knew how to jam

[@mick62mick]

You simply cannot help loving Cab and his music!

[@angeliquedomini7259]

The dancing was so awesome, better than what is going on today.

[@Artemissia123]

OUI !

[@mohammedcohen]

Fifty years ago this past July...Drill Sgt McKnight (E-6 type) would march us to "Hi de hi-dee ho...Ho-dee ho-dee ho...that's the Ft Dix Boogie...what a crazy sound...Dress it right...and cover down...forty inches all around..."at the time my 2q1 year old ignorant young ass had never heard of Cab Calloway...Thank you Drill Sgt McKnight...wherever you are...

[@mowerdoc9930]

Stuff from 80 years ago..just fantastic

[@johnt2510]

What a great entertainer. I love his music and his stage presence is beyond compare!

[@tyronedavis1767]

We always had soul. Great talented man.

[@bethwilliams4870]

Agile, handsome....very, very HOT as a young man. And he was no slouch as an old one, either.

[@meh8982]

He wasn't even that young here, in 1950. Check out footage of him in the 1930s, for example in a couple of Betty Boop cartoons.

[@giakara]

I love when Jonas Jones nais the double G's.

[@AjaxBoomboom]

More energy than nuclear fusion. ❤

[@hectormontemayor5385]

Cab was a great entertainer who was well ahead of his peer; peers of all races!!!

[@Edzward]

Man had such an energy and disposition! Great we can still today remember this great talent! (meanwhile I wonder if people will remember who is Justin Bieber in the next 5 years)

[@KaleSchlegel]

Just had this on loop accidentally for like 5 times not even mad. Impossible not to smile and be in a good mood to

[@darrellmfume4020]

damn, that Trumpet player is really doing the boogie. LOL

[@pd8206]

Man dat Cab gutz duh moves him dancing himself ❤ heart owt wut uh showmun!!!

[@sav7568]

The dancer is the ever so talented Marie Bryant.

[@JacquelineSoulchick]

Dang Cab! he just threw her offstage tho...lol..

[@Queenschris718]

Keeps you Groovy 24 hours a day 👍🏿

[@egyptianminor]

Freakin great band all around. Jonah Jones, man! He's a great player in his own right, and he threw that spitball at Cab, who blamed Dizzy.Gillespie took the blame, mostly coz Cab didn't care for Dizzy's chance taking solos ('Chinese Music', according to Calloway). The upshot was that Diz was fired, and since he'd already been jamming with Bird, the rest is (Bop) history.

[@TillsterT]

don't forget Panama Francis on drums

[@PeekaBooo23]

Yeah I heard about that.

[@josegalindo-herrador5565]

Pure spontaneity dancing 🤗❤️! Unmatchable

[@annscustommadejewellery6676]

I'm here watching in 2021 born in the 80's loving this

[@heythere135]

Same!

[@JimmyJoeization]

Born in the 50s here

[@wesgriffin6081]

Cab was raw soul ..... Love it !!!

[@carloscardoso8025]

Bad man right there, very unique and extremely talented.

[@lauriezimet3398]

The best

[@annedwyer797]

WOW...fantastic!!

[@thegiftedone]

Timeless…….bravo!😎

[@davidbriseno7719]

It started his resurgence on the Dr. Memento show on KPPC fm. He brought a lot of lost songs back to life. Spike Jones and others. It was nice to see him inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2009.

[@davidbriseno7719]

Typo *Dr DEMENTO

[@kurtb8474]

Smmmmooooooooth!

[@GaryAa56]

That was excellent!

[@lesliespringer9816]

I loved Cab's hair flopping from side to side

[@castanedaalfredo9217]

Legend!

[@mrhoffame]

Legend! Pioneer! Pure Entertainer!!

[@TheAlphaOmega78]

The absolute best!

[@reeceheagarty7131]

Still drippin in swagger

[@rolandmarkland6844]

For sure

[@starleemartin1961]

Oh, now this is my song right here! Get it, Cab!!

[@DishiontheRoll]

Insane bop right here! Calloway boogieee Calloway boogieee 💃🏾🕺🏽

[@maarifawalcott5145]

Wow this was special.

[@ddmcpaisley6299]

Cool Cat Cab, brilliant.

[@arturodelavega4881]

Que hermoso sin duda alguna

[@oztinato4099]

THE King, forever.

[@leemitchellmusic]

Cab dances like a god...X :-)

[@thelarrycompany8514]

Why does Cab Calloway’s club intro have to have such ear pleasing jazz?

[@AzxDGK]

call brought the energy

[@slobodangrasic5649]

Cab Calloway = the man song.

[@beboplady1542]

WOW!

[@cintilanteasmr2884]

que artista maravilhoso

[@braunarsch]

these guys are part of the reason segregation was abolished... the hustle showed in pure art. and after they were immortalized in film, they will never die now.

[@HarumiAida]

Classic

[@info145]

His name really is CAB too :-)

[@jubalcalif9100]

I'm glad that was no Uber then !! The name "Uber Calloway" just doesn't swing !!

[@Melody_Mike.4460]

Jubal Calif lol that’s a good one! Also his name is Cabel calloway III

[@geraldjohnson4013]

His full name is Cabell Calloway.

[@drewidrie2396]

Are you sure it's not Lyft Calloway?

[@geraldjohnson4013]

@@drewidrie2396 look him up. His first name.is Cabell.

[@Eichwiesel]

OG

[@kamiakdaniels8573]

wow he was a great dancer the great cab calloway gone on too soon!

[@user-st2zk3jt9b]

Великолепно

[@HadEnough745]

Panama Francis sounds great!

[@lasiesta22]

Lo mejor para ver si estas triste!

[@user-oh3nd3nf1p]

Кэб Каллоуэй энергичный - а его партнёрша по выступлению это абсолютная реактивная девушка с огромной энергией .😂😂😂

[@iamTW64]

Anyone that says Nanna and Paw Paw didn’t know how to party needs to watch this video.

[@frogmanvc]

Marie Bryant was awesome.

[@annedwyer797]

Thank you for letting us know who that was!

[@mickydub3]

" TOP CLASS " ACT 100 %

[@RaulRodriguez-gt4dp]

Sera hasta mañana si el creador asi lo permite Muchas Gracias

[@r.l.2517]

Man!!

[@blameitoncapitalism]

Who's the woman dancing with him?

[@dcgirl919]

Marie Bryant -- she was a singer, dancer and choreographer. You can also see her dancing with Harold Nicholas in a short clip. She's the lady in black kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3fcdZdueKt_jNk

[@cpklapper]

Amazing that she kept up with Cab. Few could.

[@channaqueen]

Cab Calloway-Kid Creole-Morris Day......

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

Bebop and Jive ? Also Cab Calloway grooves.

[@helenreglar5624]

Let’s go cats🎉

[@meckel1271]

The Michael Jackson of his era. So wonderful to see him at his powers in The Blues Brothers.

[@corkovits]

alles komt goed na de corona!

[@NativeAmerican10]

Go big daddy

[@richardanderson5424]

Was Flip, Flop & Fly based on this?

[@a.t.oliver2440]

!!!2018

[@dencebluesrock]

Dizzye Gillispie

[@josecarlosguerreiro4829]

America was more happy that time.

[@josecarlosguerreiro4829]

and more racist.

[@TackToons]

My baby-

[@mrtimely2]

Who is the female dance partner ?..

[@utuber1a]

That was when they were entertaining, and not violent.

[@rocketaroo]

Coolest cats

[@davidtenner818]

Cab's singing and dancing here have rightly been praised but there is one thing I would add--throw away *any* list of jazz trrumpet greats that does not include Jonah Jones!