[Dixielandjazz] Billy Joel

[Ed Danielson]

>From: Steve barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
>...maybe Billy Joel is adaptable to Dixieland and/or Jazz. After looking at
>"Just The Way You Are", which IMO is completely adaptable...

Interesting idea, Steve.  That is a good song, but with an awful lot of 
major 7ths, it seems to me.  Ahmad Jamal recorded a very nice version of it, 
and I'd be curious as to how it turns out as a trad tune.