[Dixielandjazz] Beneke & Klink Sax solo from "In The Mood"

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You have no argument about any of that.  It is a "dated" solo but then again
so is the tune.  When guys substitute a jazz solo and they play it in a
style that doesn't fit such as Bebop or some of the so called contemporary
styles I would rather have the written solos  with little modification.
>From what I read in another post the original 32 bar Jazz solo was cut
because they couldn't record it on the records of the time.

I have played several arrangements where there are extended jazz (closer to
blues) solos.  The one I play most often has trombone and tenor trading 4's
for 32 bars and no written solos.
Larry - St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 9:49 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Beneke & Klink Sax solo from "In The Mood"


> Hal Vickery wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> Which may explain why it sounds corny to some folks today. (at least to
me)
> In my ears it is choppy and seems certain to have been written out and
> practiced note for note prior to its recording. Not my kind of "Jazz" if
> jazz at all.
>
> The "leaps" by Klink are pretty neat though.
> Cheers,
> Steve
>
>
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