[Dixielandjazz] RE: Italians invented Jazz

[Bob Romans]

> 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
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> Luigi "Louis" Armistrongo;
> Giovanni "Johnny" Santo Ciro;
> Liliana "Lil" Ardina;
> "Kid" Orioni


HEY TITO! The real inventor of jazz, by his own admission, was Jelli Rollo 
Mortoni!
How on earth could you leave him off of your list!
Romans (formerly Romano) in Lodi...a good Italian name!



> 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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