[Dixielandjazz] -- Morton's "Jungle Blues" -- was: Beginner sit ins

[Craig I. Johnson]

Interesting coincidence:I was just reviewing a lead sheet for Jelly Roll's 
"Jungle Blues"
that I had copied from a large commercial fake book. It had only one chord 
throughout
the tune in Eb and that was the tonic chord. Is that really correct? I could 
swear there
were more (but very few) chords than that when I listen to it.
(Besides that I have the fake sheet for (supposedly) Morton's "Jungle Blues" 
from the
Chas. Anderson fake book and it appears to be totally different from that 
lead sheet
and from the records of Morton, Goodman and Ted Lewis of the tune I know.

Regards,
Craig Johnson


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis" <larrys.bands at charter.net>


> I hate to play a solo where the chord never changes and where the chord is 
> a monster of some kind.  Also where you might have two chord changes that 
> just migrate back and forth.  To me there is no direction or form but to 
> them they can play almost anything against it and call it jazz.  OKOM is 
> much less forgiving and the lines are drawn darker.  As time has gone by 
> the musical lines have become very faint and the ears much more forgiving. 
> I just don't think that today's young jazz listener demands that 
> continuity but is more impressed by musical gymnastics.