Active until 1943 | Genres Jazz, Singer-songwriter | |
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Albums The Groove Juice Special, Slim & Slam, 1938-1939 Members Slim Gaillard, Slam Stewart Record labels Charly Records, Hallmark Records, Underground Inside Records, Giants of Jazz, Affinity, Ancha, Columbia/Legacy Similar Cats and the Fiddle, Jimmie Lunceford, Lucky Millinder, Bebel Gilberto, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson | ||
Slim & Slam was a musical partnership in the late 1930s and early 1940s consisting of Bulee "Slim" Gaillard (vocals, guitar, vibes and piano) and Leroy Elliott "Slam" Stewart (bass and vocals). They produced novelty jazz numbers featuring Slim's distinctive vocal style with vocalese and scats, hipster argot and nonce words. Sam Allen played piano and Pompey "Gus" Dobson played drums on most of their early recordings.
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Their biggest hits were "Flat Foot Floogie (with a Floy Floy)", "Cement Mixer (Puti Puti)" and "The Groove Juice Special (Opera in Vout)".
Other musicians who recorded with Slim & Slam included Charlie Parker, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Kenny Clarke, Al Killian, Chico Hamilton, Leo Watson and Garvin Bushel.
Trivia
The song "Tutti Frutti" by Little Richard is loosely based on Slim & Slam's 1938 "Tutti Frutti" (Vocalion 4225).
Songs
The Flat Foot FloogieSlim & Slam: The Lost Recordings (Remastered) · 2012
Lady Be Good1998
Dopey JoeSlim & Slam: The Lost Recordings (Remastered) · 2012