[Dixielandjazz] Tunes with identical chord progressions.

[John McClernan]

Bill,
I didn't say the tunes are not worth playing to please an audience,  
I'm just exercising my First Amendment right and expressing my  
opinion that I do not care for them, on a harmonic basis. You don't  
have to defend their worthiness, lotsa players and audiences like  
them. I'm just stating a preference, just as you did. If I'm the  
leader, I don't call them, just as I don't call the monotonous  
Honeysuckle Rose. If they are requested, I call them. We maintain a  
"hit list" within my regular band. That means if a sideman suggests a  
tune that the leader hates, he gets hit. (Not really.) I'm sure that  
every leader has tunes he avoids calling because he doesn't care for  
them. Have we forgotten the thread about this just a few weeks ago?  
Let's not revisit it or the next thing you know the ". . . Wonderful  
World" police will pop up again.

Cheers,
John
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On Feb 23, 2006, at 9:25 PM, Bill Biffle wrote:

> What the heck's wrong with an occasional M7?  There are only 12  
> notes and I
> say, let's use 'em all!  :-)}
>
> For what it's worth, I like both of the aforementioned tunes.  SWSB  
> is a
> great up tempo tune on which we feature our great drummer for an  
> entire
> chorus - we play chords on the downbeats whilst he wails away.  And
> IITWTSAD? is a great vocal feature for our clarinet player.  The  
> words are
> just plain fun!
>
> We have three gigs in the next few days - Friday night at the  
> country club,
> Sat at a bar downtown and Tuesday noon at the local college student  
> union
> building - and we'll play both tunes on each show to much acclaim,  
> I assure
> you.
>
> BB
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John McClernan [mailto:mcclernan1 at comcast.net]
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 6:05 PM
> To: bbiffle at brgcc.com
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Tunes with identical chord progressions.
>
> Bill,
> Aha! Now I know why I don't like "Is It True...", 'coz I don't like
> "Struttin'..."
> Never did like major 7ths in a dixie tune. Not saying they don't
> belong, jes' don't like 'em.
> Thanks for the cue, Bill.
> John
>
> On Feb 23, 2006, at 7:14 PM, Bill Biffle wrote:
>
>> "Struttin' With Some Bar-be-Que" and "Is It True What They Say
>> About Dixie?"
>>
>> "I Got a Feeling I'm Falling" and "Blue Turning Grey Over You" have
>> the same
>> A section - speaking of Fats.
>>
>> Bill Biffle
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