Cakewalk: Whistling Rufus

NEDERLANDS-VLAAMS( To the English part about the 50 years old film (soundtrack) Les Tricheurs.) Whistling Rufus - Cakewalk (English translation)
In de eerste dagen van oktober 1900 neemt de Sousa Band zes nummers op in drie dagen voor Victor. Deze opnamen vonden plaats in Philadelphia. De Sousa band was een groot concertorkest dat de populaire muziek van het eind van de negentiende en begin twintigste eeuw speelde. In het voorjaar en de zomer van 1900 komen ze zelfs naar Europa toe en laten ons kennismaken met de ragtime.

Het nummer kreeg later ook tekst, geschreven door W. Murdock Lind.

This nigger would go to a ball or a party,
Rainy weather or shine,
And when he got there was a handsome nigger
After the chicken and the wine.
And when he got through with the chicken and the wine,
Then he whistled and he sung so grand
That they thought the angels' harps was a-playing.
And they called him the one-band man.
chorus:
Don't make no blunder, they couldn't lose him,
For perfect wonder they had to choose him;
A great musician with a high position
Was whistling Rufus, the one-band man.

Whistling Rufus - Vess L. Ossman banjo solo begeleid door Landon Ronald op piano. Opgenomen in Londen op 18 mei 1900 voor Berliner
Whistlin Rufus - Sousa's Band. Opgenomen in Philadelphia 3 oktober 1900 voor Victor
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On the 9th of October 1958, the French movie Les Tricheurs was opened in French cinemas. It is a film about young people from the beatniks generation. A young Parisian college girl gets involved in that group and, like in any film I guess, gets in love. Well, for me the story isn't interesting, but it's the music that hits me!

Enjoy a small fragment of the film where you can enjoy the music:
Music supports the shots made in a film and a lot of musicians got a living by playing film music in studios all around the States and Europe. This sound track was recorded on the first of May 1958 in Paris, supervised by Norman Granz. In previous blogs I introduced you to the film Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud, Kansas City and Les Liaisons Dangereuses; all films that have a great sound track: Films, I guess, worth to have because of its music.
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Labels: cakewalk, film, ragtime, sousa's band, tricheurs, whistling rufus
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