[Dixielandjazz] RE: Italians invented Jazz

[Rob McCallum]

Actually, the Scots invented jazz : )



----- Original Message -----
From: "Tito Martino" <tmartino at terra.com.br>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 9:27 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] RE: Italians invented Jazz


> 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.>>>>
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> Are you kidding, fella?! Dontcha you know WE Italians invented Yazz in
> 1904?!
> Justa take a looka to the names at that time:
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> Nicola "Nick" LaRocca, co;
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> Antonio "Tony" Almerico, tr;
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> Giovanni "Joe" Provenzano, tu;
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> Domenico Barocco(tr,mdl,g,bjo), and
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> Giovanni Barocco(sb,tu);
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> Francesco, Giacomo e Federico (Frank, Jac, Freddie) Assunto;
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> Giuseppe "Sharkey" Bonano,tr;
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> Ernesto "Ernie" Cagnolatti, tr;
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> Antonio "Tony" Parenti, cl;
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> Santo Pecora,tb;
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> Luigi "Louis" Prima,tr;
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> Emmanuele Manetta, all instrs.;
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> Russ Papalia,tb;
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> Leone Roppolo, cl;
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> Antonio "Tony" Sbarbaro, dm;
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> 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:
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> Exempli Gratia:  "Joe" Colombo, "Joe" Bonanno, "Al" Capone, "Lucky"
> Luciano,
> Vito Genovese and others; but they where very talented men, in fact they
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> all played the violin.  At least carried a case.
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> And please don´t forget Guarino, Barbone, Martino.
> It´sa da real tinga; history of Yazz should be re-written!
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> Tito "Dontcha You Mess With Me" Martino
> Cl, ss, leader, "The Spaghetti Connection Yazz Band" São Paulo, Brasil
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> (P.S.: this is a copy of a former posting on the same issue)
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