[Dixielandjazz] Starting as Waltz--Ending as Fox Trot

[BOBOBANJOB at aol.com]

Dear Listmates:

Dennis Mowatt wrote (7/14/03): "If there is one thing I hate it is the 
playing of the first chorus in 3/4, then "swinging it". 
To me that is the dregs of tastelessness. To play, for example, "I'm Forever 
Blowing Bubbles", take a leaf from the book of the
ODJB and play it properly, in 3/4, all the way through!"
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I dunno! Some tunes sound good (to me) with the verse as a waltz, then the 
chorus
as a swingin' Fox trot.

An example, in point, is "Rose of Washington Square." Banu Gibson has 
recorded it that way, 
and the transition of moods comes off very well, and complements the lyrics. 
What have other DJMLers
got to say about this?

Bob Sann,
Englewood Cliffs, NJ
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