[Dixielandjazz] Humor in Jazz

[Richard Broadie]

Was in Shelley's Mannehole in Hollywood in 1960s to catch Clark Terry and
Mumbles.  Bill Cosby sat in and out mumbled the master.  Blew me away.  Sure
was a fun nite.  Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Augustine" <ds.augustine at mail.utexas.edu>
To: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 5:24 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Humor in Jazz


> Folks--
>     Before we snip the "humor in music" thread, i thought i would (since
nobody else has) mention good ol' Clark Terry's unique (and i mean truly
one-of-a-kind) contributions to this.
>     I don't know when he started doing this, but the first album i have
him on singing incoherent but indescribably funny words is the "Oscar
Peterson Plus 1" LP.  He sings "Mumbles" and "Incoherent Blues", and it's
priceless.  On a much later CD with Jim Cullum he also does "Mumbles"
(besides playing some incomparable jazz), and i almost fall out of my chair
laughing every time i hear him do that.  He's one of my favorite
trumpet-players of all time, but he's also a funny guy (i'd love to see him
do this live).
>     Clark Terry, by the way, also says on one of the Singleton Palmer
dixieland LP's (a liner-notes quotation) that the Singleton Palmer band is
playing the best dixieland in the country (and i think this LP is from the
1960's; i'm at 'work' now, so i can't check), and i'm not inclined to
disagree with him.
>     But if you haven't heard Clark Terry sing "Mumbles" (or other similar
tunes), run right out (metaphorically speaking) and buy it.
>
>     Dan
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