[Dixielandjazz] "Fugues" in Dixieland, was RE: What Instruments should be used for Trad Jazz? (orFugues)

[Craig I. Johnson]

Well, strange as it may seem, the term I yell out to the band
is "front line only!"
But if you really MUST use semi-Italianate musical terms I suppose it

Or you could continue to say "fugue it!"   - with a short "u".

Craig
might suffice to use the multilingual: "Horns a capella"
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Subject: [Dixielandjazz] "Fugues" in Dixieland, was RE: What Instruments 
should be used for Trad Jazz? (orFugues)


Speaking of fugues. I have been led to understand that a chorus or two of
all the front line horns improvising without the rhythm (or, maybe, just
with drums) is known in OKOM as a "fugue." Of course, my Doctor of Music
cornetist maintained this is in no way a fugue and suggested facetiously
that chaconne was a better comparison. So, now I call this as, "let's play a
chaconne, fugue, call it what you will" and it works for us.

But seriously folks. What do others call it?