[Dixielandjazz] Bix's Solo

[Stan Brager]

While I'll take Jay Arnold's word for all of this, I don't think that this
is what Bix had in mind when it came time to play his solo.

Bob, didn't you tell me one fine day long ago that this is the way you
worked out your solos???

Stan
Stan Brager
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert S. Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 5:24 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Bix's Solo


> Steve Barbone quotes Jay Arnold's analysis of Bix's 16 bar solo in "Krazy
> Kat": (1927).
>
> For example, this quote which is fairly typical of many in the book and
> quotes Jay Arnold's analysis of Bix's 16 bar solo in "Krazy Kat": (1927)
> "The third and fourth notes of measure 1 are the upper and lower neighbor
of
> the root of the chord, which when reached has become the fifth of the G7
> chord of the second half of the measure. In measure 4, the dotted quarter
> note(D natural) is an anticipation of the seventh of the E7 of measure 5.
> However Bix has already left the note by the time the chord of which the D
> is a part is sounded. The G natural is the Negroid (sic) lowered third,
the
> F sharp used twice is the ninth. The construction in measure 6 is very
> ingenious. The E sharp is the lower neighbor of the thirteenth (F sharp)
> which follows it. G is the seventh of the chord, followed by a passing
note
> leading to the root of the chord (A) which is not sounded until several
> notes later, giving the figure an element of suspense. The D is the
eleventh
> of the A7 chord, the B is the ninth. At the end of the measure there is a
> restatement of the lower neighbor of the thirteenth and the thirteenth
> itself. The measures 7 and 8 are a break that is charming in its
simplicity.
> In measure 9, E natural is the upper neighbor of the fifth of the G7
chord.
> Measurers 10, 11, and 12 show a disregard for the ornamental harmony in
the
> background. In measure 13, F is the upper neighbor of the chord root.
> Measures 14 and 15 also are independent of the background harmonies."
> (snip)
>
> Jesus, someone has much too much time on their hands...
>
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