SLIM GAILLARD

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Bulee "Slim" Gaillard (January 4, 1911 or 1916 – February 26, 1991) was a Cuban-American jazz singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist, noted for his scat singing and word play.

Despite record company publicity accounts that Gaillard was born in Santa Clara, Cuba of a Greek father and an Afro-Cuban mother, he was born in Pensacola, Florida to a german immigrant named Theopolous Rothschild and an African-American woman named Liza Gaillard. He grew up in Detroit and moved to New York City in the 1930s.

Gaillard first rose to prominence in the late 1930s as part of Slim & Slam, a jazz novelty act he formed with bassist Slam Stewart. Their hits included "Flat Foot Floogie (with a Floy Floy)", "Cement Mixer (Puti Puti)" and the hipster anthem, "The Groove Juice Special (Opera in Vout)". Vout was Gaillard's private term for the hip argot. The duo perform in the 1941 movie
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SLIM GAILLARD Slim Gaillard, Tiny 0.00 | 0 ratings
Slim Gaillard, Tiny "Bam" Brown : Opera in Vout
Vocal Jazz 1945
SLIM GAILLARD Rhythm And Boogie Featuring album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Rhythm And Boogie Featuring
Vocal Jazz 1952
SLIM GAILLARD Mish Mash album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mish Mash
Vocal Jazz 1953
SLIM GAILLARD Slim Gaillard Cavorts album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Slim Gaillard Cavorts
Vocal Jazz 1953
SLIM GAILLARD Smorgasbord..... Help Your Self album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Smorgasbord..... Help Your Self
Vocal Jazz 1956
SLIM GAILLARD Slim Gaillard With Dizzy Gillespie And Orchestra album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Slim Gaillard With Dizzy Gillespie And Orchestra
Vocal Jazz 1957
SLIM GAILLARD Slim Gaillard Rides Again album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Slim Gaillard Rides Again
Vocal Jazz 1959
SLIM GAILLARD Trio - Quartet - Orchestra Los Angeles 1945 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Trio - Quartet - Orchestra Los Angeles 1945
Vocal Jazz 1975
SLIM GAILLARD Slim & Bam : McVouty album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Slim & Bam : McVouty
Vocal Jazz 1977
SLIM GAILLARD Slim & Bam ‎: Son Of McVouty album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Slim & Bam ‎: Son Of McVouty
Vocal Jazz 1978
SLIM GAILLARD Anytime Anyplace Anywhere album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Anytime Anyplace Anywhere
Vocal Jazz 1983
SLIM GAILLARD Roots Of Vouty album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Roots Of Vouty
Vocal Jazz 1983
SLIM GAILLARD Cement Mixer Put-Ti Put-Ti album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cement Mixer Put-Ti Put-Ti
Vocal Jazz 1984
SLIM GAILLARD Siboney album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Siboney
Vocal Jazz 1991

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SLIM GAILLARD At Birdland 1951 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
At Birdland 1951
Vocal Jazz 1979
SLIM GAILLARD The Voutest! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Voutest!
Vocal Jazz 1982

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SLIM GAILLARD Slim Gaillard & Friends : Chicken Rhythm album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Slim Gaillard & Friends : Chicken Rhythm
Vocal Jazz 1969
SLIM GAILLARD Dot Sessions album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dot Sessions
Vocal Jazz 1982
SLIM GAILLARD The Chronological Classics: Slim Gaillard 1939-1940 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Slim Gaillard 1939-1940
Vocal Jazz 1993
SLIM GAILLARD The Legendary Mcvouty album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Legendary Mcvouty
Vocal Jazz 1995
SLIM GAILLARD The Chronological Classics: Slim Gaillard 1937-1938 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Slim Gaillard 1937-1938
Vocal Jazz 1996
SLIM GAILLARD The Chronological Classics: Slim Gaillard 1945 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Slim Gaillard 1945
Vocal Jazz 1996
SLIM GAILLARD The Chronological Classics: Slim Gaillard 1946 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Slim Gaillard 1946
Vocal Jazz 1997
SLIM GAILLARD The Chronological Classics: Slim Gaillard 1945, Volume 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Slim Gaillard 1945, Volume 2
Vocal Jazz 1998
SLIM GAILLARD Slim Gaillard 1959 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Slim Gaillard 1959
Vocal Jazz 1998
SLIM GAILLARD An Introduction to Slim Gaillard: His Best Recordings 1938-1946 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
An Introduction to Slim Gaillard: His Best Recordings 1938-1946
Vocal Jazz 1999
SLIM GAILLARD The Chronological Slim Gaillard 1947-1951 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Slim Gaillard 1947-1951
Vocal Jazz 2002
SLIM GAILLARD Vout for Voutoreenees album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Vout for Voutoreenees
Vocal Jazz 2003
SLIM GAILLARD Laughing in Rhythm album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Laughing in Rhythm
Vocal Jazz 2003
SLIM GAILLARD The Chronological Classics: Slim Gaillard 1951-1953 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Slim Gaillard 1951-1953
Vocal Jazz 2007
SLIM GAILLARD Shuckin' and Jivin' album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Shuckin' and Jivin'
Vocal Jazz 2008
SLIM GAILLARD The Extrovert Spirit Of Slim Gaillard 1945-1958 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Extrovert Spirit Of Slim Gaillard 1945-1958
Vocal Jazz 2015
SLIM GAILLARD Searching For You The Lost Singles Of McVouty (1958-1974) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Searching For You The Lost Singles Of McVouty (1958-1974)
Vocal Jazz 2016

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