[Dixielandjazz] Mercy Mercy Mercy OKOM?

[Chris Calabrese]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Mowatt"
> 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!

That's interesting, because for me the waltzes themselves are the dregs of
tastelessness. To play one chorus 3/4 then swing the rest of it is to show
those waltzes that you have control over their pitiful little existence. All
with the exception of  "Jitterbug" of course.

~ Chris