[Dixielandjazz] Mecca Flat Blues

Peter De Bruyn p_debruyn at hotmail.com
Mon Mar 3 23:50:44 PST 2003


Does anyone knows where I can purchase this CD from Claire Austin.
I'm a great admirer of this "Lady".

Cheers,

Peter De Bruyn Sr
Trombone/Ldr DSJB
Belgium


----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Brager" <sbrager at socal.rr.com>
To: "John Farrell" <stridepiano at tesco.net>; "DJML"
<dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 11:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Mecca Flat Blues


> John;
>
> According to the liner notes to the CD "Claire Austin Sings "When Your
Lover
> Has Gone"", Mecca Flat Blues was written by Jimmy Blythe who recorded it
in
> 1925 backing up singer Priscilla Stewart.
>
> Albert Ammons would have been around 19 at that time - he was born in
1906.
>
> Stan
> Stan Brager
> Trombonist-in-Training
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Farrell" <stridepiano at tesco.net>
> To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 8:30 AM
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Mecca Flat Blues
>
>
> > As advised earlier, I have just posted a MIDI file of this tune on my
> > website. The idea for it came from Louis Mazetier's latest CD which he
> > kindly sent me, the liner notes state that the tune was written by
Albert
> > Ammons.
> >
> > However here is a snippet from a message which just arrived : "Thanks
for
> > your latest MIDI file of the classic 12 bar "Mecca Flat Blues".
However,
> > the Anderson Fake Book credits James Blythe, Steve Graham and Alexander
> > Robinson with the composition instead of Albert Ammons." Can anyone
> confirm
> > who in fact composed it?
> >
> > John Farrell
> > stridepiano at tesco.net
> > http://homepages.tesco.net/~stridepiano/midifiles.htm
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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