This is really 'You're All I Want For Christmas', composed in 1948 by singer-pianist Seger Ellis (1904-1995). Words were added by Glen Moore. However, the great New Orleans trumpeter band-leader Kid Thomas helped to make this tune popular with jazz bands. But he called it 'Algiers Strut' because he was a native of Algiers, the New Orleans parish that is on the west bank of the Mississippi, unlike the Business District and French Quarter. Many later jazz bands followed his example in using this erroneous title. Algiers is also known as the ‘15th Ward’ of New Orleans, which is divided into a total of 17 Wards. The video was filmed a few years ago, when I was still fit enough to play in jazz bands, together with my friends Kelvin (clarinet), Joe (keyboard) and Al (upright bass).
Негізгі бет 'Algiers Strut' played by Four Elderly Gents
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