[Fwd: [Dixielandjazz] Little Rock Getaway]

[dingle at baldwin-net.com]

David W. Littlefield wrote:

>Sullivan's classic record of 8/8/35 is on Classics 821, "Joe Sullivan,
>1933-1941".
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>Steve, did Sullivan play the long, fancy intro when you were hearing him?
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>--Sheik
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>At 03:39 PM 07/20/06 -0500, you Steve Barbone wrote:
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>>Could it have been Joe Sullivan, the composer of LRG? I saw him perform it
>>every time I went to Jimmy Ryans in NYC (1950s) and he was intermission
>>pianist. It was always requested from the fans there and he played the hell
>>out of it.
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>>It was on an early album of his (1952/53) and then reissued by Riverside
>>about 1960/61.
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If memory serves -- and at my age that is often the question --- I 
believe that when Sullivan's tune was recorded by the Bob Crosby 
band,thtey used Bob Zurke on pino and not Joe.
Don Ingle