[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