[Dixielandjazz] Is it jazz?

[eupher dude]

What Larry is meaning, but not really saying in the clearest wording, is 
this:

The "standard" for "In The Mood" sax solos, what MUST be played, is copied 
from the original Miller recording.  60+ years ago now.  In many settings, 
the solo is actually notated, and the player is told to play the ink.

THAT isn't jazz.  It's in the style of jazz, but not jazz in the 
improvisatory style.

Same with the Picou solo on "High Society" to an extent.  But, there are so 
many different versions of the "real" HS solo, no one really knows what 
Picou did originally.  A couple of months ago I embarked on a quest to hear 
as many versions of it as I could.  Thanks to DJML and a few other sources, 
I've heard about 9 different versions, not a one really similar, including 
at least 2 markedly versions by Picou.

So, that's more in the jazz idiom, but probably not really it, in my 
estimation.  And I'm rarely wrong.  ;)


steve "well, there's one" hoog

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