Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Stars & Stripes

[Robert S. Ringwald]

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Subject: Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Stars & Stripes


> RE: ...on the sound track was "Stars & Stripes  forever" done as
> a piano solo.  I ;ve heard this before and I'm sure it  must be James P
> Johnson, Don Lambert or Willie the Lion.
>
>
> Harry:
>
> Not necessarily. I have a piano solo recording of The  Stars and Stripes
> Forever by Eubie Blake done in 1897.


BR- I doubt if it was recorded in 1897.


By the way, a great  CD for that kind of
> offbeat ragtime entertainment is A Century Of Ragtime,  1897-1997. But
wait,
> there's even more good news. You can also do what I  did. Get a lead sheet
(melody
> and chords) and you can do your own piano  arrangement. The sheet I have
shows
> the outline for all the sections  in entire piece, including the great
> introductory section; putting it  into your own arrangement is really
fairly easy.
> The fakebook I got mine from  is: FakeBook of the World's Favorite Songs,
Hal
> Leonard, 1990. That  fake book also has a ton of some great old standards.
Good
>  luck!
>
> Dan (piano fingers)  Spink
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