[Dixielandjazz] Another veiw from the BRIDGE - Please "release" me

[Richard Broadie]

If you've played 14 choruses of a song, and the last dancer has collapsed
from cardiac arrest along with your rhythm section, and someone shouts
"let's take it out from the release" it means you only have to play the last
16 bars on the final chorus, thereby "releasing" you and your audience from
further torture.  This is especially true of your Kenny G and Iron Butterfly
request performances at wedding receptions.   Dick Broadie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard at hotmail.com>
To: <dingle at baldwin-net.com>; <Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 8:52 AM
Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] Another veiw from the BRIDGE


> Brother Don and all,
>
> You observed:
>
> >There is also another term for the bridge that older players (which
> >definitely includes this fella) use, though I rarely hear it used lately.
> >The bridge of a tune is also called the "Release."
>
> I have heard the term used before on several occasions. I didn't  know
> exactly what it meant but because of the context of the term I assumed
that
> it referred to the last eight and not the bridge.
>
> I have two (2) musical dictionaries on my desk but neither contain the
term
> "release" so that's no help! I don't doubt Fra Don so I will accept his
> definition as gospel.
>
> Anyone else familiar with the term?
>
> Respectfully requested,
>
> Bill "Release Me" Gunter
> jazzboard at hotmail.com
>
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