[Dixielandjazz] Chords v. Melody

[briantowers]

Stephen,
I assume we are talking about the 1939 "Body & Soul"  - there was no bop
phrasing in that one.

Cheers,
Brian Towers,
Hot Five Jazzmakers, Toronto, Canada
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "Charlie Hull" <charlie at easysounds.com>
Cc: "Goggin, Brian (Dublin)" <GoggiBri at exchange.ie.ml.com>; "Dixieland Jazz
Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Chords v. Melody


> Charlie Hull wrote: (agreeing with Brian Groggin)
>
> > Re Barbone's question:  IMHO Hawkins' Body and Soul was both melodic and
> > chordal.  Beautiful lyric lines, but plenty of evidence he knew the
chords.
> > Deservedly classic.
>
> Yes, I think so too. That brief reference to the melody in the very
beginning
> and then a new melody based upon chordal improvisation is how I hear it.
> Amazing how that record became so popular in the US without ever really
> stating the melody. It was still heavily played on juke boxes in the US in
the
> 1950s. Bean was one of those players who was forever changing his style to
> experiment with more modern trends in jazz.
>
> Seems to me that chordal improv came into its own with bebop, and really
got
> going full blast circa late 1930s, early 1940s at Minton's and Monroe's in
> Harlem. Most of us think bop started about 1945 but that's only because of
the
> recording ban during WW 2. Most people (excepting G.I.s who heard some on
V
> discs) were not aware of it until regular recording resumed.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
>
>
>
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