[Dixielandjazz] Help a brother out

Tony Davis tony at tony-davis.co.uk
Tue Sep 7 16:09:07 PDT 2004


Rob van der Plas wrote:

> Definitely not Dutch of course but not Danish either. I think Cees van der
> Heuvel is more in the neighbourhood with his Macedonia guess. My feeling is that
> the concert might have taken place in one of the Baltic countries.
>
> There is a clue however: when the announcer introduces Danny Barcelona he
> also mentions the instrument (drums) and uses a word that sounds like "bobny". So
> if you can figure out which European language uses "bobny" for "drums", you
> may be able to solve your puzzle.
>

The Slovenian word for drums is "bobni" - of course when Louis was alive what
is now Slovenia would have been Yugoslavia.  I don't know enough about the
Balkan languages to hazard any more guesses.

--
Tony Davis
Trumpet/Cornet
Harlem/Kaminsky Connection/Big Bear Stompers/Zenith Hot Stompers
Aston, Oxfordshire, UK




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