Funky Butt - The Buddy Bolden Project of Humphrey Lyttleton

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In 1986 Humphrey Lyttleton "reconstructed" the music of the Buddy Bolden. This fragment shows the rehearsal of "Funky Butt"("Buddy Bolden Blues") Humphrey Lyttleton as Buddy Bolden -- cornet John Barnes as Frank Lewis -- C clarinet Randy Colville as Willy Warner -- B flat clarinet Russell Davies as Willy Cornish -- (short model) valve trombone Keith Granville as Brock Mumford -- guitar Jim Bray as Jimmy Johnson -- string bass Colin Bowden as Cornelius Tilman -- drums

Channel: Music
Uploaded: February 1, 2007 at 9:01 am
Author: santopec

Length: 0:02:41
Rating: 4.42
Views: 6,630

Tags: Lyttleton Buddy Bolden Jaz New Orleans

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wilsonmatthewf (Saturday 23rd of August 2008 04:31:00 AM)
I thought I heard Judge Fogerty say "30 Days in the workhouse without any pay. A brand new broom to keep the place clean" I thought he said these things to me. - Funky Butt
jeffkahl (Friday 7th of March 2008 05:58:57 PM)
I have a version by Mississippi John Hurt that is great too!
RAYHENRYORCH (Sunday 23rd of December 2007 12:56:48 AM)
Henry "Red" Allen was from Algiers. He told me that he played with Buddy Bolden and visited him in the hospital. He said Buddy did record but none are in existence. I used to talk to Henry back in the fifties at the Metropole Cafe on Times Square on many nights. I was very young but listening to Higenbotham, Teagarden, The Hawk, Teddy and Henry was really special. Henry was a TRUE Prince of a person.
DADRENO (Friday 30th of November 2007 03:46:04 AM)
I thought I heard Buddy Bolden Say "It's nasty it's dirty - take it away...
Jonnaty (Monday 4th of February 2008 02:35:16 PM)
You possibly did: Humph did say he ad libbed it.
Lutemann (Thursday 13th of November 2008 05:41:38 PM)
Ray, I've always thought Bolden recorded. Those wax cylinder players were capable of recording (I think) so it would have been difficult for Bolden to remain unrecorded, IMO. Did Allen say that Bolden was recorded at a studio?
twinchimneys (Saturday 5th of May 2007 06:31:31 AM)
Good stuff. If you were seeking his favorite.. No One actually knows. It was probably of his own drift which is now reformed over and over. It would be like trying to teach a class of students without the benefit of a Victrola. I have often wondered, even in his hard days in asylum, what actually was his favorite tune. Thank you for keeping the drift alive. Open for conversation at your leisure.
graeme101 (Sunday 4th of March 2007 09:41:17 AM)
humphrey lyttleton is the MAN!!!
LamenameRodriguez (Saturday 3rd of February 2007 05:18:04 PM)
Thanks for this great vid. Humph's knowledge and enthusiasm is always a joy