[Dixielandjazz] Mercy Mercy Mercy OKOM?

Ron L'Herault lherault at bu.edu
Mon Jul 14 21:59:21 PDT 2003


I'm curious about the double bell Euphonium trio.  Is that the Euphonium
plus one other horn, one and a half Euphonia or three of the beasties?

Ron L

-----Original Message-----
From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
[mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill Gunter
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 4:39 PM
To: lists at jazzpiano.com; dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Mercy Mercy Mercy OKOM?

In the Cell Block 7 we play a rendition of Amazing Grace which begins
with a 
Double Bell Euphonium trio and no other instruments in 3/4 time. The
tempo 
is slow and deliberate. After the last notes of the first chorus die out
the 
banjo player plays a two bar duple time pattern and then the entire band

swings into a series of chorus and in the final bars of the out chorus
there 
is an abrupt stop in the rhythm and the tunes ends with the same motif
as 
the opening double bell chorus in 3/4 time.

Tasteless? I dunno . . . sounds ok to me.

Bill "What the hell do I know, I play the washboard" Gunter
jazzboard at hotmail.com


>From: "Chris Calabrese" <lists at jazzpiano.com>
>To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Mercy Mercy Mercy OKOM?
>Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 04:24:50 -0700
>
>----- 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
>
>
>
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