[Dixielandjazz] Tiger Rag

[D and R Hardie]

Steve,
Of course you've heard Jelly about that on the LOC recordings?Mike 
Meddings could have more on that.
regards Dan Hardie

On Tuesday, November 25, 2003, at 08:32  AM, Stephen Barbone wrote:

> Hi List mates:
>
> Came across the blurb below about Tiger Rag on pianist Bill Edwards' 
> web
> page. Does anyone have more information about the beginnings of Tiger
> Rag?
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
> Copyrighted by Nick LaRocca, Larry Shields and Henry Ragas - c. 1917:
> Tiger Rag actually has a sort of nebulous genesis. The themes are 
> culled
> from a well known set of French Quadrilles, dance music in a structured
> format to provide variety. Members of what became the Original 
> Dixieland
> Jazz Band melded the best of the themes together and threw in a tiger
> roar at some point. It evolved into the Tiger Rag most are now familiar
> with, although the original sheet music contains neither the roar or 
> the
> oft-sung "Hold that tiger" theme. It has often been reported, without
> verification, that the tiger roar was derived by pianist "Jelly Roll"
> Morton during a performance with the band.
>
>
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