[Dixielandjazz] Original Sheet Music was St Louis Blues, Whip Me, Worn Ou...

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Ah, I knew there had to be someone, somewhere who could make me feel like a  
young thing.  Thanks!  LOL.  Truth is, I really enjoy his  challenges--they 
make me smarter--and he enjoys someone to fuss with.   HMMnn, I'd better suggest 
he try this list.
Ginny
 
In a message dated 10/11/2007 11:43:35 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
barbonestreet at earthlink.net writes:

I hear  you Ginny. I guess all jazz musicians have at least one so called fan 
who  corrects us if we do not meet his/her criteria for what "authentic" jazz 
is.  Or who plays it, or what instruments must be used etc., etc., etc. Or 
who  bends our ears about what he/she perceives jazz in general to be.

Best  to smile sweetly and say; Look dummy, Bessie Smith did it differently 
than W.  C. wrote it, and Louis Armstrong was the trumpet backing her up on the 
record  in the 1920s. If it's good enough for them that way, it's good enough 
for me.  Then hand him your axe and ask him to play it "correctly".

Besides,  W.C. Handy stole part of that song in the first place, so who knows 
how it  really should go. 

Re  Josephine's second line, "When you musha,  pleasa no pusha onna da bell." 
Heck all of us old guys , especially Italian  Americans, know that song. 
Barbone Street's guitarist, Sonny Troy, played it  often when he was with Louis 
Prima years ago.

Cheers,
Steve  Barbone







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