[Dixielandjazz] Who wrote "Give It Up"?

Bill Haesler bhaesler at bigpond.net.au
Wed Feb 27 12:49:40 PST 2008


Dear Bruce (and Craig Johnson),
Last night , at our band rehearsal, Jack Wiard (cl) and Cliff Parsons 
(bjo) played "Give It Up" from a copy of the music from your PDF file.
It is the Paul Barbarin composition from the 1962 Atlantic session.
However, for anyone interested, the slower Cootie Williams' 1940 
[different] composition of the same name is certainly worth a listen.
Kind regards,
Bill.

 >Bill had written:
You have a choice of at least two versions:
"Give It Up" (Cootie Williams).
Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters.
Recorded in Chicago for Okeh on 15 Feb 1940
or
"Give It Up" (Paul Barbarin)
Paul Barbarin  and His Jazz Band.
Recorded in New Orleans for Atlantic on 5 July 1962.
Different tunes (I've just checked).<




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