[Dixielandjazz] Blue Yodel #9 Louis Armstrong, Jimmie Rodgers, Lil Armstrong

[Ron L]

Maybe the pianist, whoever it was, was less able that Louis to cope with the
loose meter (is that the right term for dropping/adding beats?)?  I have not
listened to that cut in quite a while but ISTR that Rogers either added or
dropped beats/measures.

Ron L

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Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Blue Yodel #9 Louis Armstrong, Jimmie Rodgers,Lil
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Anton Crouch wrote:

>For example, in the "backgound" posted by Steve B it says "They (ie
>Armstrong and Rodgers) met in Holly-wood on July 16, 1930, at the end of a
>long session ..." This is misleading. Rodgers spent a lot of time in the
>Victor studio between 30 June and 16 July 1930 but only made a single side
>("Blue yodel no 9") on 16 July. That day was actually a very short session.
>I suspect that the recording was
>a "spur of the moment" event, thought-up by A&R man Ralph Peer.

>Also, to be pedantic, the Victor files (from Brian Rust's Victor Master
>Book vol 2) show the accompaniment as "cornet and piano".

>As for the identity of the pianist, it has long been agreed that it is not
>Earl Hines. But is it Lil Hardin? I don't think so. Miss Lil always kept
>the rhythm going and the pianist on this recordingn plods a bit. It's more
>likely that he/she is an unknown studio musician.


I haven't got the slightest idea whether Lil  would or would not have played
like that on a given day. It may well have been an unfamiliar tune to her,
she may have felt ploddy that day, who knows? And while she was a good
pianist, she was not a great pianist. Perhaps he or Bill Haesler would check
the below matrix # to see if there is any more info there?