[Dixielandjazz] Chubby Checker was It's Trad, Dad.

[Don Robertson]

I've always thought "New Orleans Shuffle"  sounded a  lot like  "let's 
Twist Again :Like We Did Last Summer" (or vice versa)

Don Robertson
Napa, CA

David Richoux wrote:
> There were quite a few "[OKOM] with a Twist" records made to cash in 
> on that dance craze - I have several and have seen a few more. 
> Probably the strangest one was by The Carpetbaggers: "Dixieland ... 
> with a Twist" that had real printed burlap cloth on the jacket cover. 
> Copies show up on eBay every once in a while. Musically, it was more 
> for novelty than anything else, IMO ;-)  http://tinyurl.com/4xdzdg
>
> Dave Richoux
>
>
> On Apr 12, 2008, at 3:05 PM, Marek Boym wrote:
>
>> During the twist craze, Ray Bryant issued an excellent - swinging -
>> record "Dancing the Big Twist," with Joe Newman and Pat Jenkins (tpt),
>> Buddy Tate (ten), Matthew Gee (tbn), bryant on piano, Jimmy Rowser
>> (bass) and Mickey Roker (dms) on seven of the eight tracks; the other
>> track - "Fast Twist," had Harry Edison on trumpet, Ben Richardson
>> (bar), Bryant, Bill Lee (bass), Gus Johnson (dms) and Ray Barretto
>> (percussion and scraper, whatever the latter means).
>> Cheers
>>
>> On 12/04/2008, Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>> Poor Chubby Checker is taking a beating on the DJML. What's wrong 
>>> with dance
>>> music? <grin>
>>>
>>> Our bass player Ace Tesone was on Chubby's record of Let's Twist 
>>> Again. He
>>> earned a fair piece of change playing with Checker when jazz work 
>>> slowed.
>>> Every once in a while Ace gets a residual check because of that 
>>> record. When
>>> he does, he asks us to do a Dixieland version.
>>>
>>> And why not?  It can be swung.
>>>
>>> Chubby Checker is a Philadelphia area guy and we all love him here.
>>>
>>>
>
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