Armstrong, Louis - Cake Walking Babies From Home Lyrics

Looking back I reckon I shoulda included more pics of the great ( PROFESSOR OF JAZZ ) Sidney Bechet

Still Fantastic

My Jazz collection is in storage. Have loved Pre Swing Jazz and Blues for ages. Louis' hot trumpet Accompaniment and Eva Taylor's vocal made me want to want up wind up the Gramaphone.

WOW. WOW. WOW!!!

Eva Taylor, what a voice.

armstrong y bechet
tremendo duelo..!!! de maestros.....

jUAAA!!!!....LOUIS LE DEJÓ SOLAMENTE ALGUNOS "BREAKS".....No sé cual de los dos esta mejor....volvieron a tocar juntos luego de esto....????

MAMITAAAA....!!! QUE DUO...!!!!

wonderfull, THANKS! I have this on the Columbia Jazz set from 1960s (33s)

Hey townesfan10, if you/anyone watching this vid are interested I have a much higher quality recording of this same 78 uploaded to my channel :)

'Classic Jazz' of the highest order !!

a real treat to hear---thanks for posting!!

UNA JOYA !!!!

Louis Armstrong AND Sidney Bechet!

Stupendous!!!!

WOW ! What an age to be living in. ( assuming you were healthy and had money that is. )

I thought you meant now

A much different time but also cost of living was way different than today

This is the definitive version. Played on a great system it can't help but make you hope to live to one hundred.

Both musicians were extremely talented and inventive. Certainly they were somewhat showoffs. After all that's showbiz. Now and back then. Never tire of listening to them.

Reminds me of Sir Lawrence Oliver saying acting was just: "Look at me! Look at me!"

Yes seree!

Steaming, sizzling, glowing, ... what a jazz explosion! 

Ah Stampen!! "Only Happy Jazz!"
I was there in '77 :)

You have all entire the truth !!!!

One of the all -time JAZZ classics,no doubt about it!

Muchas gracias por compartirlo.

ME ADHIERO AL AGRADECIMIENTO.-SALUDOS DESDE ''BUENOS AIRES--REP.ARGENTINA''

They should start every session of Congress with this......we'd have a better nation.

vpo2g2 Yeah man!!!

I was just trying say that art has all types in it. And it doesn't even matter what the artists say themselves about their own art--for it will be listened to by ever changing audiences in the future, and they will hear things in the music the composers never dreamed of--at least consciously. And no, I don't equate children with compositions--that's apples and oranges, to me. I've heard that analogy before from a fusion sax player who's name I can't recall back in the 70s.

Thanks for putting this up! =)

It's true that Miles Davis didn't like his own compositions--in fact he mocked Joe Zawinul because Joe DID like his own compositions. And Joe was one of those evil players in the "60s you so dread. However, Miles was the pivot point between "then" and "now." And he hasn't been surpassed--not even close. Wynton Marsalis' technique stomps Miles Davis'. But it'll be a cold day in Hell before Marsalis puts out an album as monumental as Bitches Brew or Kind'a Blue. Not even close. It's not in him.

@ronnieplonk The version with Lil Hardin and Alberta Hunter & Clarence Todd was recorded Dec. 22 1924 under the name RED ONION JAZZ BABIES while above version with Clarence Williams and Eva Taylor (his wife) was recorded Jan. 8 1925 under the name CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE. Armstrong, Bechet, Irvis and Christian play on both. I would not say "Armstrong vs Sidney" but rather Armstrong AND sidney.

@tahoeshgrl I also have this on an album. Instead I've got it under Albert Hunter (and not Alberta!) so here I was thinking wrongly all this time!

The singer here is definitely Eva Taylor.

I was lucky enough to see her perform live at a jazz club (Stampen) in Stockholm in 1976, just a year before she passed away. This tiny old lady had to be assisted up on stage by two big "handlers," but then belted it out like a trooper. She never missed a beat.

They don't make them like that anymore.

@aktungmak The singer is Eva Taylor (Mrs. Clarence Williams). Alberta Hunter recorded the same tune two weeks earlier on 22/12/1924 with the same musicians except Lil Hardin for Williams.

@vpo2g2 you are correct, Alberta Hunter is the singer on this recording

I believe the singer is Alberta Hunter, not Bessie Smith

@oldtimejazzfan That's interesting thanks for sharing that. Any reason to believe it was more out of dislike or because he felt threatened, or both?

Una joya del jazz !!!! despues de tantos años sigue entusiasmando...... maravillosa la música y maravilloso este sitio donde podemos seguir disfrutando de estos genios del jazz !!! gracias!!!

It's the Red Onion Jazz Babies Gennett, described in the post here from fillra.

Hi, tahoe... I can't find the version you mention, but if you browse through (a) the michaelminn-armstrong discography or (b) redhotjazz (with free audio samples) you may find what you are looking for. Cheers.

Eva Taylor with Clarence Williams' Blue Five, January 8, 1925, New York, NY
Taylor, Eva (Vocal)
Armstrong, Louis (Cornet)
Irvis, Charlie (Trombone)
Bechet, Sidney (Soprano Sax)
Williams, Clarence (Piano)
Christian, Buddy (Banjo)
Written by Eva's husband, Clarence Williams. Hot stuff. Pops is Tops.
A fortnight earlier, Armstrong and Bechet recorded the same tune with the Red Onion Jazz Babies, featuring Alberta Hunter & C.Todd on vocals.
(from the michaelminn/armstrong discography.)

I used to consider the Red Onion Jazz Babies the definitive version of this record, until I heard this one on Red Hot Jazz--both versions use Armstrong and Bechet, but I like this one best!

louis armstrong is the best. I love his music and together with MJ best entertainers.

Thank you for sharing this exhilarating post. It is superb.

jeffjohnston123.
Louis Armstrong did indeed record with the Blue Five and was in the line up that recorded this track on 7th Jan. 1925. It was the 1924/25 sessions that brought Armstrong and Bechet together.
Coleman Hawkins and Bubber Miley also featured with the Blue Five