[Dixielandjazz] Dixieland Waltzes?
Dan Augustine
ds.augustine@mail.utexas.edu
Tue, 15 Oct 2002 13:55:00 -0500
Folks--
Something that somebody said recently has been nagging at me: are there any (or perhaps, CAN there be any) dixieland waltzes? The Anderson database admits of the following titles, and offhand i can't think of any others:
AFTER TEA (SAVE A WALTZ FOR ME) Brymn, C. Smith & Clarence Williams 1925
ANNIVERSARY WALTZ Al Dubin & Dave Franklin 1941
CHAMPAGNE WALTZ, THE Con Conrad & Ben Oakland 1934
GOODBYE CHARLIE- JAZZ WALTZ Andre Previn 1964
GRAVY WALTZ Ray Brown 1962
JITTERBUG WALTZ Thomas ""Fats"" Waller 1942
KISS WALTZ, THE Joe Burke 1930
MIDNIGHT WALTZ, THE Walter Donaldson 1925
MISSOURI WALTZ, THE John Valentine Eppel 1914
OUR WALTZ Dave Rose 1942
PERFECT WALTZ, THE Brown, W. King, Sleasby & P. Stewart 1938
SHADOW WALTZ Harry Warren 1933
SKATER'S WALTZ Emil Waldteufel 1882
VAGABOND KING WALTZ, THE Rudolph Friml 1926
WALTZ IS ON, THE Rube Bloom 1933
WALTZ YOU SAVED FOR ME Wayne King & Emil Flindt 1930
WALTZING THE BLUES Clarence Gaskill 1922
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WALTZ Spencer Williams 1928
Silly question, yeah. But is it even possible to do a waltz in dixieland style? If not, why not. Compare and contrast ("Define the universe."), and give three examples. Blue books on my desk in one hour.
Dan