[Dixielandjazz] Dr Jazz - The Oliver recording.

[Brian Towers]

Dear Bill,
As a matter of interest, did King Oliver's version include the verse?
It is a neat little verse but did not know of its existence until Beryl
Bryden sang it with our band (1985?) and passed her own chords out to us.
She made us play it in F, no doubt to suit her vocal range.

Do you think Oliver decided to suppress the release of his own 1927
recording because it could not compete with Morton's earlier and magnificent
1926 release?   As composer, he would have shared Morton's royalties anyway.
You have the advantage of me here, as I have not heard the revived 1960
Oliver take.

There - I like to give a question that you probably only speculate on!
Regards,
Brian


Bill Haesler wrote (in part)
> ..........King Oliver and His Dixie Syncopators. 22 April 1927.
> It was scheduled for release on Vocalion 1113, but never appeared.
> Nevill Sherburn (Swaggie Records, Australia) obtained a tape copy from
Jerry Valburn from the only
> known test pressing of it.
> Oliver's version therefore had its INITIAL release in the 1960s on
>Swaggie JCS 110