[Dixielandjazz] gangster songs/tunes

[Fred Spencer]

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From: "Colin Toomer" <CHToomer at xtra.co.nz>
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Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 11:37 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] gangster songs/tunes

"The Jazz Baby" in The Bootleggers and Their Era.(Kenneth Alsop, Doubleday, 
1962), and "The Jazz Age " in Al Capone. The Man and the Era (Lawrence 
Bergreen, Touchstone ,1996), describe the jazz scene in Chicago during 
Prohibition. The chapter on "Jam sessions, gangsters, speakeasies, recording 
sessions, more musicians, and then-the Chicago decline" in Hear Me Talkin' 
to Ya (Nat Shapiro and Nat Hentoff, Dover Books, 1966) gives first-hand 
accounts by some of the jazz musicians in Chicago at that time. Wait Until 
Dark. Jazz and the Underworld. 1880-1940. (Donald L. Morris, Bowling Green 
University Popular Press, 1980), is a complete summary of the seamy side of 
jazz.

>From the fist of these books:"Many of the jazz pieces of that period 
commemorate the sleazy setting in which they were born--Friar s Point 
Shuffle, Chicago Stomp Down...Sunset Cafe Stomp...Royal Garden Blues."
What are the odds for the All Blacks and the WorldCup?! Cheers. Fred
> Hi everyone,
>
> I would like ideas of songs/tunes to play at a local restaurant called 'Al
> Capone's' for a gangsters & moll night.
>
> Any unusual tunes/songs that would suit the night.
>
> Regards,
>
> Colin Toomer
> drummer
> Whangarei,
> Northland, New Zealand
> email: chtoomer at xtra.co.nz
>
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