[Dixielandjazz] American Indian influence on Songbook Music

[Steve barbone]

An Indian chief was feeling very sick, so he summoned the medicine man.
After a brief examination, the medicine man took out a long, thin strip of
elk hide and gave it to the chief, instructing him to bite off, chew and
swallow one inch of the leather every day. After a month, the medicine man
returned and asked how the chief was feeling.

The chief shrugged and said, "The thong is ended but the malady lingers on."

Cheers, (maybe the Indians invented jazz?)
Steve Barbone