[Dixielandjazz] Lorenzo Tio

[JDut953944 at aol.com]

Yes I did google Lorenzo Tio last night and spent about three hours going  
from one site to another.  There is a fantastic lot of information out  there.  
One site that I was most interested in, I think offered about 100  pages on 
the Tio family,  but says I have to go to the Public Library  closest to me to 
read their article, as they don't let you get into it  otherwise.  But they 
offer many articles on many musicians  besides the Tio's.  I was sent to other 
web sites - Jelly Roll Morton -  Albert Nicholas - and oddly enough Band In a 
Box!  (Louis Armstrong  transcriptions).  No, I won't buy Band in a Box  because 
I could never  figure it out in a million years!  But, one interesting note 
was that  Lorenzo Tio, Jr. wrote a song which was evidently pirated and 
eventually became  Duke Ellington's "Mood Indigo."  Shame on you, Duke.  The Alan 
Lomax  site is also great and offers free sheet music.  There is a site that  
offers an on-line book about Jelly Roll.  I could go on and on about this,  but 
if you google Lorenzo Tio, you will find it all for yourselves!  I was  going 
to write one article.  Now I'm thinking I could do a few more  articles on 
other clarinet players for the newsletter.  What was   interesting to me to begin 
with is that elder Tio taught so many clarinet  players!  And also interesting 
is that many seemed to know each other well,  growing up in the same WARD in 
New Orleans and hanging out together.  I  have come across the Tio name so 
many times.  Onward and upward!   Thanks for your interest! 
 
Carol, Clarinet  



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