George Lewis Ragtime Jazzband of New Orleans - November 1953

[@jamesellsworth9673]

Classic New Orleans Jazz recorded/televised when I was a toddler! This music has further stood the test of time.

[@brianhewkin5465]

Thanks to all concerned in giving this to us all

[@marilyntkeller]

I love how nothing is forced or wild sounding! It is as natural for them to groove together as it is for them to breathe. Each instrument has a space in the music and completes the overall mosaic of sound.

[@rayede5798]

I saw GeorgeLewis in London early 50s In concert. With Ken Colyer Just been given a tablet for my 83 bday now rediscovering all those wonderful recordings Sheer joy!!!! Ray Ede

[@sueleather5894]

Lucky man, Ray!

[@TheClockwise770]

Yes , my Dad loved his style of jazz , had most of his albums

[@pmmdrt]

George Lewis is by far the best clarinetplayer of all times!

[@yammayammaman]

That's a bit of a sweeping statement, to say the least!

[@old_45]

@@yammayammaman The statement may indeed be sweeping; but it is absolutely true.

[@TheSpikehere]

@Rod.... I wasn't even a twinkle in my late father's eye in '59.... But, I'm lucky enough to have inherited his George and Ken Cloyer live in Germany C.D.

[@terryofford4977]

My first N.O Records were on Shellac,Bunk Johnson, George Lewis Band, Bix Beiderbecke and others.I must have around 40 thousand tracks of New Orleans Jazz which I started collecting in 1950, formed my own band after listening to this amazing music, I even had a Radio Program in New Zealand for many years, just can't get enough New Orleans jazz, still listening. I must agree with the comments re- the White Dudes,what patronising twits they were,even as late as the 60''s Black musicians in America were not allowed in the front doors of Hotels in New York, now, it appears that they OWN the music.I'm happy to see that many young Whites are playing this amazing style of music these days and they are a reflection of the brilliance of this particular musical style,Great to actually see George Lewis on Screen though, in'our days' there were no such things as Video and Jazz Music was frowned upon for many years. Thanks to all the new musicians who play in this style, at least it is living history. Thank you all.

[@mrhoolie]

This was about the last time that this great band played mostly in pure ensemble style instead of the by then standard Dixieland land style of endless solos! And the whole band played rhythm at all times - this is the real deal!! Love it!

[@mikeslipper2111]

Brilliant to see and hear George lewis and those wonderful sidemen

[@domenicobarbonetti8838]

il blues di eccellenza dislen puro grazie di di rivedere questo filmato bellissimo

[@wendellguy]

Besides being wonderful and full of life it's sophisticated music - ingenious really - very high art developed over time within a fantastic culture. Just amazing. And when we consider the tragic, oppressive nature of the greater American society these folks - the context they achieved this in! Wow. Herculean.

[@papaefstathiouvasilis4418]

Amazing genuine talent. Where is it nowadays people? Grateful for the post. A deep bow to the musicians.

[@Aniando]

Thank You for this wonderful Great Art. I love it. Aniando Sweden.

[@sadjaxx]

Wow this is great! Nobody seems to play like this today. I guess that its considered old fashioned.

[@stephenb2276]

Like all new bands I find...Preservation Hall brought me here

[@iwasagasman]

This is a fantastic piece of Jazz History, recorded at a time when I first began to listen up and appreciate this great music. It has given me a lifetime of pleasure ever since.

[@qdrtrg]

Thanks!

[@sailormanoyster1849]

Awesome

[@mrhoolie]

this performance by the Lewis band was video taped in San Francisco and is simply the best filmed performance by that band at it's best - relaxed and still playing mainly ensemble style. The late Phil Elwood, SF music columnist and KPFA programmer, was the MC.

[@bernarducs]

many thanks from brazil

[@IEndeavourAlways]

In the fifties we couldn't wait to get hold of recordings from these guys and others until it was driven out by rock and roll. It has always remained my favourite ahead of later popular music.

[@stewartfenton7660]

It was all those musicals you see. And Frankie Laine, and the one they always mention, "How much is that doggie in the window?" If R'n'R hadn't come along the kids would have gone mad. R'n'R was supposed to sweep all that stuff off the map, unfortunately the musicals are still with us.

[@IEndeavourAlways]

@@stewartfenton7660 Musicals were an entirely different genre. Musicals like ‘Oklahoma, Annie get your gun’ were very popular with older people. Frankie Laine was a genre known as Crooners. They were designed to appeal to the romantically inclined.

[@IEndeavourAlways]

@@stewartfenton7660 jazz was ‘modern jazz or traditional jazz’ generally fans of one did not mix with the other. ‘How much is that doggy in the window’ was aimed at young children and was never taken seriously. It was about that time that the description ‘teenagers’ was introduced. R&R otherwise known as ‘Pop’ for Popular music was aimed at teenagers. Jazz fans like me hardly listened to Pop until the Beetles and that genre flooded the musical world. It seems that many of us have a special liking for the genre that we went through in our teenager years.

[@stewartfenton7660]

@@IEndeavourAlways very restrained of you not to yell at me, no doubt others eventually will. I've always liked early jazz and regard it as a miracle in fact. The fifties crooners, well I dunno, seems some people still like that kind of thing. But I don't know exactly why I hate musicals so much, they just seem like the antithesis of ANYTHING. Possibly not terribly rational.

[@andreinagemelli4221]

Nel 1952 mi avvicinavo al jazz, ascoltando.. RadioAmerica .,.ora ( a 86 anni ) ho ancora nel ❤️ questa grande. Passione. Ho organizzato con la Proloco di Miasino, " il MiadinoClassicJazzfesival " e è stato , quest'anno il Ventesimo Anno del nostro Jazz festival. Questo Vostro Video .... è. Grandioso!!! Grazie di ❤️ a Voi Tutti. CIAO Andreina.

[@RomanAdar]

What a jewel and the musicians are outstanding. Thanks a million for sharing.

[@Keithdarling]

Seen George Emmanuel lewis receive his honorary degree of Doctor of music today in Edinburgh and he played a number with Evan shaw Parker!!!!! What a pleasure

[@JeanMartinNainggolan]

MrKikimacdee thats different George Lewis i guess

[@pat4170]

After all the years of taking inspiration from this band, I am amazed and delighted to see this video. I never saw them live as a unit although I did see George and was honoured to work on a few occasions with Alton. Thanks to all who made this possible

[@ScotsjohnSE]

Perfection, many thanks for sharing. Saw and heard George Lewis in concert in Glasgow, Scotland UK many years ago, still remember the excitement! Lewis was a treasure!

[@Stewart2240]

ScotsjohnSE Me too. 1959 ? That would be in the old St. Andrew's Halls , destroyed later by a fire. Also saw KId Ory there. Good Time Jazz times !

[@yammayammaman]

CONGRATULATIONS AND CELEBRATIONS TO ALL CONCERNED!

[@willredboat]

wonderful stuff from my formative years-----fabulous post--many thanks.

[@Corrie121]

Brilliant !!! Love this to bits !! Thank you for sharing this gem.

[@royward8355]

heared them at the state cimema kilburn some time in the 1960,s.great jazz

[@nicktelfer7030]

If only we'd had KZbin in the fifties when I discovered and started playing jazz or at least trying to emulate New Orleans musicians. I knew I'd arrived in 1978 when Greg Stafford hired me to play a parade with the Young Tuxedo on my first vist to the Holy City

[@lausdomin]

Sweet 'n tight, everyone of them is superb musician but my favorite is the bass-player, the way he kept those fast rhythms w/out e v e r looking at the instrument!... Love it, thank you for posting this gem.

[@OBjack]

Rene Martin nn

[@jeanpi314159]

he looks so clever and so nice...he was very famous in NO, also played a major role in Mardi Gras ...his family was from Haïtian origin ...

[@johnlilliendahllarsen3955]

I saw the Geo Lewis Band in 1959 (Copenhagen) and also in New Orleans in 1966.This footage shows the band at its peak in 1953. What a gem!!! John L. Copenhagen, Denmark

[@aerodixiefan5372]

...mal som 3 mesiace a hrala sa tak nádherná hudba☺Milujem NOLA jazz, dixieland a traditional jazz. Najlepšia a najveselšia muzika.

[@ewald207]

this Jazz very good

[@avivajazz]

George Lewis Ragtime Jazzband of New Orleans | Musical Documentary | 1953 | PERSONNEL: Avery Kid Howard (tp) George Lewis (cl) Jim Robinson (tb) Alton Purnell (p) Lawrence Marrero (bjo) Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau (b) Joe Watkins (d, voc) | TRACKS: 1. Just a Little While to Stay Here 2. Careless Love 3. Panama Rag 4. Bugle Boy March 6. Just a Closer Walk with Thee 6. Ice Cream | San Francisco CBS5 KPIX-TV

[@shurshot2764]

Yeah - what the OP said. You a parrot?

[@Honker66]

This for you beginners is the JAZZ 099 Class!

[@hotandblackband]

Espectacular....!!!

[@mariannehook8199]

george lewis live in black and white in 1953 a milestone i n.o.jazz!!

[@mariannehook8199]

glad to see alton on the piano, to!!

[@senior1943]

Nádherná doba-nádherný jazz

[@tenorbanjo4]

Great Video. Thank you for posting!

[@malcumx5933]

thank you😩😩😩

[@RaphaelLandauer1]

Amazing music history lesson : From Nola to he world ❤

[@allanlawrence7757]

Amazing watch 🎷🎷

[@miguelcirilobricenovera9081]

el jazz es el retrato del pueblo que lo creó....

[@cliffordwoods166]

The base player is my Great Uncle. I remember when he and his band use to play for family gatherings. I was thinkinga kid who loved ragetime than a d now. Thanks You Papa John, Cliff Woods

[@cannonballblues]

Really great.....thank you.....reminds me of my favorite clarinet-group OK-Dreamband. CD "Clarinet-Dreams" is available for download (iTunes, amazon).

[@RomanAdar]

I do not like the announcers and the interviewing couple of guys, but the music is excellent. There is nothing to add just an excellent music and a pleasure to listen to. Thanks for sharing.

[@malcumx5933]

why not? he was respectful and not overbearing and he was simply admiring the greatness.

[@yammayammaman]

And Emanuel Paul, plus a few others also sadly missed...

[@Clovissimus2008]

Bay Area jazz critic Phil Elwood (1926-2006) interviews the gang.

[@yammayammaman]

The Sage speaketh...

[@noweedman]

it´s all in it... gospel, ragtime, sadness and joy.... no "typical" blues in this footage but this band- others too- also recorded a lot of blues... even with a "happy" song you can always hear a bluesy undertone.... it´s new orleans jazz, "black" music though music has no colour in my believes.... regards from europe

[@bidistone1]

version jazz de la brabançonne(Belgique) POL CLOSSET "la brabançonne"

[@miqueiasmiranda7766]

bom demais

[@malcumx5933]

I love how these white reporters gave so much respect and dignity to our black masters of jazz (and great black elders) 😌

[@urielcalderon9639]

Jazz was not a term that the actual artist liked but the “media and white society” kept labeling the music as such.

[@guydesbaillet1792]

❤❤

[@elaines5412]

I don't often trust people. I trust you. Honey, sing.

[@shotgunjazzband]

Captain John Handy would like to have a word with you.

[@jimhealey4961]

Alcide "Slow Drag tooK lessons from Willy Dixon!

[@Eugeniu-p4i]

2023

[@shaneGonnaJones]

good one for tuba skinny band. but, who am I?

[@shurshot2764]

TS does all, except maybe Bugle Boy, which has a lame melody line anyway.

[@maritamad]

traducir

[@alexag8735]

I love the Blues and New Orleans Jazz, however, they are different types of music. New Orleans Jazz is based off of the Blues (as is Classic Rock, Funk, etc), although, it is NOT the Blues. Look up the Blues, and you will hear the difference. :)

[@SLaDueP]

Drummer resists the pedal!

[@markaug48]

Brings a tear to my eye. But the white know-all dudes should just STF up.

[@TheSpikehere]

Mark you have to bear in mind, that it was either Jazz on TV presented in this fashion, or no Jazz on TV at all. The guys who made these shows did us a great service giving George and the boys precious airtime, that no one else would have given them.

[@TheSpikehere]

@@Clovissimus2008 You father deserves all our praise.

[@JAHKARTEL841]

#BLACKLIVESMATTER #BLACKHISTORY

[@lenagaff4453]

I ,WONDER ,IF THEY . ALLOW IN ANY WHITE ,, HOTELS.. HELP..

[@MuradBeybalaev]

Sorry to say this, but I got some whiteness overdose from this video.

[@joshuaklein2859]

Yup unnecessary scruff