[Dixielandjazz] Obscure tunes

Charlie Hooks charliehooks2 at earthlink.net
Tue Jun 14 19:52:00 PDT 2005


On Tuesday, June 14, 2005, at 04:59 PM, LARRY'S Signs and Large 
Format Printing wrote:

> A jazz musician should never get bored with a tune because jazz is 
> infinite and the tunes are just the framework

One of my favorite Armstrong remarks was his, "If it gits off the 
groun, it don't matter what tune you playin.  An if don't git off the 
groun, it don't matter what tune you playin."

That about sums up matter of what tunes to play.

Charlie Hooks


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