[Dixielandjazz] Jack reaches the century mark

[Richard Broadie]

One of my favorite Big Tea songs is "One Hindered Years from Today."   A 
nice tie in, I think for Jack's centennial. The gist of the song is 
essentially no one will remember what happens 100 years from today.  In 
Tea's case, they certainly would, were this song written a century ago. 
Dick B
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Berry Zand Scholten" <berryzandscholten at quicknet.nl>
To: "1-DIXIELAND JAZZ POST" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 11:53 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Request for lyrics (and.....'What can we do to 
helpN.O.?)


> Enkhuizen, The Netherlands, August 31st, 2005
>
> Dear list friends,
>
> With great interest I followed the discussions about the 100th birthday of 
> Jack Teagarden. I agree with most of the respondents : I took quite a 
> while before T. was honoured adequately. However, to blame all the 
> listmates for that - as the tremendous Dutch trombone player Dick Sleeman 
> did -- is probably a bit over the top, but in essence he was right....It 
> took quite a while, indeed. The respons on his bitter remarks came quick: 
> 'We commemorated Big T. during our gigs", and in our own way....!'.
>
> Let it be.
>
> Anyway...a lot of us played Jack's music in this period, put his records 
> on the turntable or his CD's in the player. 'Coast Concert' , 'Jazz 
> Ultimate' , the sessions with Louis Armstrong, the records he made with 
> Norma and Charlie, Donm Goldie, so many others....
>
> A lot of Jack's collegues, like Dorsey,  are in these weeks mentioned as 
> well.
>
> Listening to Jack's records I suddenly wondered: 'Why don't we hear 
> anything about that other wonderful, swinging trombonist Abe Lincoln? He 
> played fantastic change chorusses with Jack Teagarden and I've never been 
> able to buy a record, a tape or a CD of him. 'CD Universe', the big 
> internet-CD-store in the US :  'No artist under the name Abe Lincoln'.
>
> I really do hope that somebody can put me on the right track in this case.
>
> Our saxophoneplayer Ronald Jansen Heijtmajer is momentarely writing a 
> special arrangement on Jack's  'Mis'ry and the Blues'. Can anybody provide 
> me the lyrics of that wonderful Teagarden-song?
>
> And hopefully somebody on this wonderful global list has the lyrics of 
> Chris Barber's 'Take me back to New Orleans'  for me? Some parts of 
> Barber's lyrics are hard to understand for me.
> I must admit that it sounds ridiculous in these days....'Take me back to 
> New Orleans', because the  city is now completely flooded.
>
> Immediately after the catastrophal tsunami in Asia a hughe international 
> campaign for help and assistance was organized. I don't think this will be 
> the case for N.O. now, ''cause,  eh,  'this is the rich country, America, 
> you know?' But there are a lot of poor people in New Orleans, who were not 
> able to escape on time. And what to think of the people who lost 
> everything....house, car, furniture, equipment.....horrable!
>
> New Orleans - where it all started with our kind of music -- is hurt badly 
> and deeply now. I wonder if we could organize something, does'nt matter on 
> which scale. Maybe the jazzworld can do something special for the city 
> that we all love. Perhaps a small gesture can generate something bigger.
>
> It's just a simpel idea.
>
> I wonder: 'Is there a Bob Geldoff in our midst?'
>
> Anyway...thanks in advance for anyone who is willing to help me out with 
> the lurics of  'Mis'ry and
> the Blues' and 'Take me back tot New Orleans'.
>
> And let us dò something for the people over there....t
>
> Best regards,
>
> Berry Zand Scholten
> trombonist of the Pepperhouse Swing Factory, The Netherlands.
>
>
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