[Dixielandjazz] The Chicken Song and Guy Lombardo

[LARRY'S Signs and Large Format Printing]

SNIP: who you could understand what they were saying in song.

This is what I've been saying all along. Solos and improvs that go nowhere
and say nothing and are generally exercises and aren't fun.  One of the most
famous solos for trumpet is Carnival of Venice and variations.  The
variations start off fairly benign but get progressively more difficult but
you always know where the variation is going and you can hum the tune along
with the variation.  They don't take you into la la land and leave you.
Artists can still express themselves without going to the moon.

Jazz has gotten so far out that you want to run, not walk to the nearest
exit when some guys cut loose.  I think that's why C&W, Blues and early Jazz
retain their appeal.  C&W and Blues because they aren't complicated and
early jazz because you can usually tell where the artist is going and what
he's doing.  Some people like Picasso but a lot more don't.

Larry Walton
St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <chaz_2053 at comcast.net>
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Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 2:42 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] The Chicken Song and Guy Lombardo


> Thank each of you for giving me the clues as to where to find this song.
To one special person, who sent me a copy, I especially thank you.  Although
not in vogue for a long time, Lombardo and his group, along with Paul
Whitemen and others cut quite a groove for themselves in the mid-portion of
the last century.  I love their music, because of the talent of their
regulars, who you could understand what they were saying in song.
>
> It is still difficult for me to visualize Guy Lombardo competing in speed
boat races.  Gee, that makes my mind boggle.
>
> chaz_2053, the senile senior in illinois who
> still is on the right side of the grass
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