Babs Gonzales
And About This Rock And Roll / New York Neighbors
Okeh : JZSP 39686 DJ
Detail
- Artist: Babs Gonzales
- A Side: And About This Rock And Roll
- B Side: New York Neighbors
- Label: Okeh
- Format: 45s
Condition
Description
Description
Jazz / Activist and cult hero, to Jazz/be-bop vocalist, poet, and self-published author.
His books and vinyl painting a vivid picture the jazz world that many black musicians struggled in, portraying disk jockeys, club owners, liquor, drugs, and racism. Catching the ears of New York Society, the thoughts of Babs Gonzales was the in-discussion of many a Cocktail Party, or Bar gathering.
Born Lee Brown, he and his two brothers were all nicknamed after a basketball player named Big Babbiad. He studied piano at a young age and learned to play drums. He sang in clubs; wore a turban in Hollywood late '40s, calling himself Ram Singh, passing as an Indian National; worked as chauffeur for Errol Flynn; called himself Ricardo Gonzales to pass as a "Mexican" rather than a Negro. Bypassing all those restrictions placed upon the "black man" his books and recordings highlighted so well.
This extremely rare, we are at the moment unable to accurately date this RADIO STATION 45. But ballpark is 50's
An historical disc for those who follow Jazz activists, and artist's who mastered scat vocalization, listen to this man who always had a thought provoking message.
RARE as hell!
His books and vinyl painting a vivid picture the jazz world that many black musicians struggled in, portraying disk jockeys, club owners, liquor, drugs, and racism. Catching the ears of New York Society, the thoughts of Babs Gonzales was the in-discussion of many a Cocktail Party, or Bar gathering.
Born Lee Brown, he and his two brothers were all nicknamed after a basketball player named Big Babbiad. He studied piano at a young age and learned to play drums. He sang in clubs; wore a turban in Hollywood late '40s, calling himself Ram Singh, passing as an Indian National; worked as chauffeur for Errol Flynn; called himself Ricardo Gonzales to pass as a "Mexican" rather than a Negro. Bypassing all those restrictions placed upon the "black man" his books and recordings highlighted so well.
This extremely rare, we are at the moment unable to accurately date this RADIO STATION 45. But ballpark is 50's
An historical disc for those who follow Jazz activists, and artist's who mastered scat vocalization, listen to this man who always had a thought provoking message.
RARE as hell!
Condition Report
To clean promo labels, fine clean vinyl reveals only the merest soft surface blemishes, plays clean, strong Excellent plus. Still housed in birth-sleeve.A Side
- Title: And About This Rock And Roll
- Title: New York Neighbors
B Side
- Year: 1950s
- City: New York, N.Y.