[Dixielandjazz] "In the Mood Sax Solo"

[Hal Vickery]

The original "In the Mood" tenor sax solos(!)were, iirc, played on the 1939
recording by Tex Beneke and Al Klink, alternating every two bars.

Hal Vickery

-----Original Message-----
From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
[mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Steve barbone
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 9:30 PM
To: LARRY'S Signs and Large Format Printing; DJML
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] "In the Mood Sax Solo"

LARRY sign.guy at charter.net wrote:( Polite Snip about In the Mood Sax Solo)

> I don't know
> actually but the Miller solos may have been played by someone and
> transcribed.  I think that the reason a lot of guys don't play the written
> solo that's in the mood is the range used.  It goes from the top of the
horn
> to the bottom and those Bb two octave skips at any kind of tempo requires
> two things: a good player and a perfectly functioning horn along with some
> other considerations.

Could also be that the original solo was done by two different sax players,
each playing part of it.

In any event, regarding Glenn Miller; He is up there with Lombardo in my
book. Wonderful music, but boring arrangements for the musicians to play and
very little jazz.

Cheers,
Steve


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