[Dixielandjazz]OT Have You Met Miss Jones Bridge

[Stan Brager]

I haven't met Miss Jones but I know the dentist who made her bridgework.

Stan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Kercher" <ekercher at tampabay.rr.com>
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Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 7:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Have You Met Miss Jones Bridge


> Did you hear about the bop player that was found dead in an alley? The
only
> items found with him: A half quart of whisky, a half smoked joint, and a
> manuscript with half of the bridge to "Have you met Miss Jones."
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
> To: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 12:28 PM
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Have You Met Miss Jones Bridge
>
>
> > John Farrell asked for "Have You Met Ms Jones" lead sheet: I have no way
> > to send the lead sheet, but here are the bridge chords, and notes in the
> > concert key of F. Like Cherokee, this bridge posed great difficulties
> > for jazz players of the era when Richard Rodgers wrote the music. Like
> > half steps were not part of most jazz musos vocabulary then (1937) and
> > the changes were difficult to hear. Now a days, they are routinely
> > taught and the younger musos have no problems with them.
> >
> > / F / (lead into bridge)
> >
> > / Bb / Abm7 - Db7 / Gbm7/ Em7 - A7 /
> >
> > / Dbm7 / Abm7 - Db7 / Gbm7 / Gm7 - C7 /
> >
> > Notes are (lead in) D D D
> >
> > C Bb F G / Ab Ab Ab Ab / Ab Gb Db Eb/ E E E E /
> >
> > E D F# A / Db - Db / Bb / Bb
> >
> > All the above notes are quarter notes except the last 3 bars. The 2 Db's
> > are half notes and the Bb is held for 2 bars.
> >
> > Sorry I don't have a better way to send them, but I am computer
> > challenged as well as musically challenged and too old a dog to learn
> > new tricks.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
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