Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Ike Carpenter (Isaac M. Carpenter, March 11, 1920, Durham, NC - November 1… Read Full Bio ↴Ike Carpenter (Isaac M. Carpenter, March 11, 1920, Durham, NC - November 17, 1998, Durham, NC) was a popular jazz bandleader and pianist active in the 1940s and 1950s, most noted for his success in nightclubs on the West Coast during the post-World War II rise in popularity of American Jazz music.
Carpenter began performing on piano with bands at a very young age, in the mid-1930s. After graduating from college, he performed with a number of successful musicians, including Johnnie Davis.
In 1944, he worked briefly as a pianist in bandleader Boyd Raeburn's first influential jazz group, then put together his first band, working gigs on the East coast. In 1947 he relocated to Hollywood, where he formed a popular 12-man band that played primarily in the Los Angeles area, with tours up the West coast as far as Canada.
In the 1950s, he left the band scene, and worked as an accompanist for performers in the Ice Capades. In the late 1950s, he briefly returned to bandleading with small groups, before retiring to his hometown in North Carolina.
He recorded for the Modern Records label, with much of his music arranged by noted Jazz arranger and composer Paul Villepigue. Notable musicians who played with him include Lucky Thompson, Gerald Wilson, Ted Nash, and George Weidler.
His band was featured in two Hollywood musical films in the 1950s, Rhythm and Rhyme and Holiday Rhythm.
Carpenter began performing on piano with bands at a very young age, in the mid-1930s. After graduating from college, he performed with a number of successful musicians, including Johnnie Davis.
In 1944, he worked briefly as a pianist in bandleader Boyd Raeburn's first influential jazz group, then put together his first band, working gigs on the East coast. In 1947 he relocated to Hollywood, where he formed a popular 12-man band that played primarily in the Los Angeles area, with tours up the West coast as far as Canada.
In the 1950s, he left the band scene, and worked as an accompanist for performers in the Ice Capades. In the late 1950s, he briefly returned to bandleading with small groups, before retiring to his hometown in North Carolina.
He recorded for the Modern Records label, with much of his music arranged by noted Jazz arranger and composer Paul Villepigue. Notable musicians who played with him include Lucky Thompson, Gerald Wilson, Ted Nash, and George Weidler.
His band was featured in two Hollywood musical films in the 1950s, Rhythm and Rhyme and Holiday Rhythm.
Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Ike Carpenter Orchestra Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Things Ain't What They Used To Be' by these artists:
Alexis Korner and Friends Got so weary of bein' nothin' Felt so dreary just doin'…
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Dr. John They used to say that boys are tough as nails In…
Duke & Ella Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears W…
Duke Ellington Ray Brown Got so weary of bein′ nothin', Felt so dreary just doin′…
Ella & Duke Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears W…
Ella Fitzgerald Got so weary of bein' nothin', Felt so dreary just doin'…
Ellington Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears W…
Georgie Fame Got so weary of bein' nothin', Felt so dreary just doin'…
GP WU Them some small ass niggas man What happened to the realism…
J. J. Johnson & Al Grey I thought Jack Daniels was the working man's tea It was…
Keith Jarrett I am not such a clever one About the latest fads I…
Louis Armstrong Benny Goodman & Duke Ellington Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears W…
M.G The Future Ain't What It Used To Be Baby, this world…
Master P [Mo B. Dick] Things ain't what they used to be. …
Mic Geronimo [Royal Flush Intro] Word... Things ain't what they used to b…
Stanley Brinks What i try to do is find the right word These…
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@rockventures
These are superb videos of superb performances. Not a sheet of music in sight - the unison figures are so tight.
On Monday 13 February 1967, as a 12 year old, I had the great fortune to hear and see The Duke and His Orchestra at the Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool. What a privilege it was.
The brilliance of these musicians will never fade or be forgotten.
@liamanims
I honor you sir, hope you had a great childhood in the 60s
@kamil_abt
They're obviously not playing live. There's no sheet music, but there are no microphones either.
@mydogisweirdg6128
@@kamil_abtthey have played songs for years, they had them down by memory
@musicola7371
Things will never be what they used to be without Johnny Hodges blowing the lead.
@bobhaspel2032
Yes indeed
@jacobropte5388
Ayo
@michaeltagor4238
@@jacobropte5388 shit I'm ashamed at the fact that I thought that exact word lol
@FordGreeneLawyer
I'm not ashamed. How could one feel otherwise. Johnny Hodges is The Man!
@ethanlander4252
Truly one of the greatest quality recordings of jazz from back then