[Dixielandjazz] Re: Dixielandjazz Digest, Vol 7, Issue 39

[anichols]

>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

A favorite of mine is Jimmy Mazzy bringing in the tune singing Sin To Tell
A Lie in 3/4 time and then the trio, Eli Newberger, Butch Thompson and
Jimmy swing'n it in 4/4 and ending up with a turnaround in 3/4 and Jimmy's
last words when the tune has ended, "There you go lie'n again, you said it
was a waltz".

The tune is on the trio's CD: The Men They Will Become, also the title of
Eli's book about growing up male.

Norman Nichols
anichols at gis.net