[Dixielandjazz] Re: Verses

[David W. Littlefield]

Collier is a *terrible* "historian", and on top of that, he's dishonest. I
wouldn't trust *anything* he says. He makes oodles of unsupported
statements/assertions, and all too often his footnotes are meaningless--he
obviously puts many of 'em in just to say he's got footnotes. His
appearance as a talking head in Burns "Jazz" is another strike against the
series...The only reason I don't throw his Armstrong, Goodman and Ellington
books away is because I paid for them; since I have better books on all
three, methinks I'll do that the next time I put my hands on that shelf...

No, don't ask me for details; those books simply aren't worth my time...

--Sheik

At 01:22 PM 07/24/05 +1000, Bill Haesler wrote:
>Dear Charlie,
>Regarding your comment: >I believe it was in James Lincoln Collier's "Louis
>Armstrong" that I read about Hoagy and some musicians being at a recording
>session and Redmond commenting that the song, allegedly theretofore without
>a verse, needed one; and that he commenced to write the one credited to
>Carmichael. <
>Thank you for that lead.
>James Lincoln Collier does indeed say, in brackets -"It should be noted that
>the wonderful verse,which so beautifully reflects the main theme, was not
>written by Carmichael, but by Don Redman." (Page 246 Pan Books paperback
>edition. 1985.)
>No mention though of where his information came from.
>Your story may point to an early origin, perhaps picked up by Mr Collier.