"Cake Walking Babies from Home"

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"Cake Walking Babies from Home" is a classic 1920s jazz composition associated with pianist and bandleader Clarence Williams, known for its lively, early New Orleans jazz style and influential recordings.

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instanceOf jazz composition
song
alsoKnownAs Cakewalkin' Babies from Home
associatedWith Bessie Smith
Clarence Williams
Louis Armstrong
Red Onion Jazz Babies
Sidney Bechet
composer Chris Smith
Clarence Williams
countryOfOrigin United States
danceAssociation cakewalk
era 1920s jazz
featuresInstrument banjo
clarinet
cornet
drums
piano
trombone
firstRecordingArtist Red Onion Jazz Babies
genre Dixieland jazz
early New Orleans jazz
hasForm 32‑bar popular song form
hasNotableSoloist Louis Armstrong
Sidney Bechet
influenced later traditional jazz repertoire
isStandardIn Dixieland repertoire
traditional jazz
language English
lyricist Henry Troy
notableRecordingBy Bessie Smith
Clarence Williams
Louis Armstrong
Red Onion Jazz Babies
Sidney Bechet
partOf early jazz standard repertoire
performancePractice small ensemble jazz
recordLabelOfNotableRecording Columbia Records
OKeh Records
linked to: Okeh Records
styleCharacteristic collective improvisation
ensemble breaks
up‑tempo rhythm
subjectMatter romantic relationship
yearOfComposition 1924

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Clarence Williams notableWork "Cake Walking Babies from Home"
Cake Walking Babies from Home alsoKnownAs Cakewalkin' Babies from Home
subject linked to: "Cake Walking Babies from Home"
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Clarence Williams' Blue Five notableRecording Cake Walkin' Babies from Home
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Clarence Williams' Jazz Kings notableSongOrRecording Cake Walking Babies From Home
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