[Dixielandjazz] Re: Quandary...

[David W. Littlefield]

A 4th is Oliver/Hardin's 1923 "Alligator hop", a dandy tune recorded
recently by the Independence Hall JB on Stomp Off. It's in "Dixieland Fake
Book Vol. 2"

--Sheik
http://americanmusiccaravan.com

At 08:17 PM 08/29/05 +1000, Bill Haesler wrote:
>There are three tunes using the 'Alligator' name.
>1.  "Alligator Blues (Lagniappe)" composed by cornet player John Hyman
>[Johnny Wiggs] and pianist Horace Diaz and recorded by John Hyman's Bayou
>Stompers for Victor in New Orleans on 10 March 1927.
>This is a fast, 'white dixieland tune' (in the manner of Red Nichols' Five
>Pennies). Nothing to do with the others.
>2.  "Alligator Crawl" composed in 1927 by Thomas Fats Waller and recorded by
>Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven (10 May 1927); Doc Cook and His 14 Doctors
>of Syncopation (11 June 1927); Fess Williams and His Royal Flush orchestra
>(15 June 1927); Bob Fuller trio (18 May 1928); Fats Waller (solo 16 Nov
>1934) and the Sepia Serenaders (14 Dec 1934).
>3.  "Alligator Blues" composed in 1927 by Spencer Williams and recorded by
>Helen Humes (accompanied by guitarists Sylvester Weaver and Walter Beasley)
>on 27 Nov 1927. Just a (wonderful) basic blues.