[Dixielandjazz] origins of the tune "Stardust"

[Ric Giorgi]

Tom, thanks. Here's some info you might find interesting. What I'm digging
for in my question is really summed up in John Ford's film Liberty Valence
when he says in effect - when legend turns becomes fact, print the legend.
When it comes to "Stardust" what does modern scholarship weigh as legend and
what as fact?

http://www.freep.com/entertainment/music/star7_20020407.htm



>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Belmessieri [mailto:tbelmo at hotmail.com]
>Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 11:35 AM
>To: ricgiorgi at sympatico.ca; dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
>Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] origins of the tune "Stardust"
>
>Ric,
>
>I don't know the complete origin but I read somewhere that he got some of
>his ideas for certain passages of the tune from the playing style of Bix
>Beiderbecke.
>
>Tom B.
>-----------
>>From: "Ric Giorgi" <ricgiorgi at sympatico.ca>
>>To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>>Subject: [Dixielandjazz] origins of the tune "Stardust"
>>Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 11:22:17 -0400
>>
>>Does anyone know the origins of the tune "Stardust" (Hoagy C.)? I seem to
>>remember reading that he had said it came to him one cold and starry night
>>while he was scurrying across campus (U of Indiana) as an up-tempo number.
>>Another story I've heard is that he wrote it in the "Book Nook" pub on
>>campus where he played all the time.
>>
>>Are there any online references to the origins?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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