[Dixielandjazz] NY, NY

[Robert S. Ringwald]

>  Bob "Modest Guy" Williams implores (regarding "New York New York"):
>
> >Please, for the love of God, don't play that awful tune!
>
Bill Gunter offers:

> But, if you must play it you have to start with that lovely intro . . .
>
> Dum dum dah-de dum
> Dum dum dah-de dum
> Dum dum dah-de dum
> DUM!
>
> Some songs are practically defined by their introductory phrase such as:
>
> Canal Street Blues
> Milenburg Joys
> Fidgety Feet
> Bourbon Street Parade
> and so on . . .
>
> Wouldn't it be fun to mix these up from time to time? For instance, play
the
> intro to Canal Street Blues and then launch into Wolverine Blues . . . or
> perhaps use the standard NYNY intro and then play some other tune ("Mama's
> Gone Goodbye" for example) - That'd really confuse the punters!


Bob Ringwald replies:

If I am not mistaken, Dick Johnson of the Mardi Gras Band already does this.