[Dixielandjazz] I can't believe it's "I Can't Believe..."

Dick Baker djml at dickbaker.org
Tue Dec 25 19:48:40 PST 2007


Friends,

Would those of you so inclined point your browsers at

         http://dickbaker.org/believe.mp3

and listen to the tune there?

It's played by Ray Skjelbred on a Stomp Off LP ("Gin Mill Blues, SOS 1097, 
1984); the drummer is Hal Smith.  The tune is identified as the old 
standard "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me" by Clarence Gaskill 
& Jimmy McHugh.  My problem is that I just can't hear that familiar 
tune.  Either Skjelbred's much-slower-than-usual tempo and harmonic 
excursions are throwing me off or something went weirdly wrong in the 
production process.  I'm sure it's the former, but I'd like some confirmation.

Thanks in advance...

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      Dick Baker
  djml at dickbaker.org




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