[Dixielandjazz] RE: Italians invented Jazz

[Tito Martino]

Stefano Barbone wrote:
<<<As Richard Sudhalter said in his book, "Lost Chords" because there
were so
many Italians in New Orleans playing jazz at the beginning, someone
should
write a book on Italians and their contribution to jazz.>>>>

Are you kidding, fella?! Dontcha you know WE Italians invented Yazz in
1904?!
Justa take a looka to the names at that time:

Nicola “Nick” LaRocca, co;

Antonio “Tony” Almerico, tr;

Giovanni “Joe” Provenzano, tu;

Domenico Barocco(tr,mdl,g,bjo), and

Giovanni Barocco(sb,tu);

Francesco, Giacomo e Federico (Frank, Jac, Freddie) Assunto;

Giuseppe “Sharkey” Bonano,tr;

Ernesto “Ernie” Cagnolatti, tr;

Antonio “Tony” Parenti, cl;

Santo Pecora,tb;

Luigi “Louis” Prima,tr;

Emmanuele Manetta, all instrs.;

Russ Papalia,tb;

Leone Roppolo, cl;

Antonio “Tony” Sbarbaro, dm;


And altri tanti; some, even disguised their real names, as is the case
of;
Luigi “Louis” Armistrongo;
Giovanni “Johnny” Santo Ciro;
Liliana “Lil” Ardina;
"Kid" Orione
Others just abandoned music for a more rentable trade:

Exempli Gratia:  “Joe” Colombo, “Joe” Bonanno, "Al" Capone, “Lucky”
Luciano,
Vito Genovese and others; but they where very talented men, in fact they

all played the violin.  At least carried a case.

And please don´t forget Guarino, Barbone, Martino.
It´sa da real tinga; history of Yazz should be re-written!

Tito “Dontcha You Mess With Me” Martino
Cl, ss, leader, "The Spaghetti Connection Yazz Band" São Paulo, Brasil

(P.S.: this is a copy of a former posting on the same issue)











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