[Dixielandjazz] Here a couple of more thoughts regarding musical humor

[Russ Guarino]

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> Humor?
>
> Here are two tunes I have recently tried with good results in a concert
> setting.
>
> I have the base sax and banjo do a soft "We Want Cantor" vamp in the key
> of the tune.  [ I,VI, II, V7 ].
>
> I then say.... " We just received an important announcement from the
> Jazz Institute of America.  It has to do with how us men should be
> dealing with our ladies.  And I quote"...... I read the words to "You've
> Got to See Mama".  All the while the soft vamp continues. At the
> conclusion of the words, my bass sax guy gives me an immediate lead in
> and  we go into the song as a vocal, and, if the guys in the band are of
> the nature to do so, they sing along with me. Hopefully in harmony, if
> they are capable of it. From there we do the usual jamming, etc.
>
> Another one is "A Good Man is Hard to Find".  Same deal but with the
> advise being given to the ladies.
>
> With Dixieland, there are so many possibilities.  Just a little
> imagination is needed.
>
> Russ Guarino