[Dixielandjazz] A new addition to the repertoire

[Jerry Gordon]

Bill, 

I notice that the washnoard part is missing. Was this an undersight of
Joe Hopkins, or are you keeping all the good stuff for yourself??

Jerry


On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 06:24:13 +0000 "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard at hotmail.com>
writes:
> Hi listmates,
> 
> Joe Hopkins from Phoenix just sent this around to some of his 
> musical 
> friends. Click on this to get the chart:
> 
> http://www.oratoriosocietyofny.org/images/Humor/Aire.pdf
> 
> It's a pdf file you can print out for your musical group.
> 
> The Cell Block 7 plays this tune a little faster than indicated in 
> the score 
> and we've transposed it up a minor third to allow for some 
> extemporaneous 
> vocalizings by the band vocalist, Fred.
> 
> Some of you may notice a similarity to "The March of the Ducks" 
> which Phil 
> Crumley of the Natural Gas Jazz Band distributed about 15 years or 
> so ago. 
> But a careful analysis shows the melodic line to be totally 
> different and 
> bears no relation to this aire.
> 
> If you experience any difficulties with it, please e-mail me and 
> I'll 
> whistle a few bars and you can fake it.
> 
> Cheers and good luck,
> 
> Bill "maestro" Gunter
> jazzboard at hotmail.com