[Dixielandjazz] Preservation Hall Valentine

[Steve Heist]

Hi all...

Reminds me of the time I heard a piano player in Denver.  I was waiting in a 
hotel, (I won't delve into the reason why...), but I heard a "lobby" piano 
player, obviously playing jazz.  I sat there for over an hour and a half and 
could NOT tell you the name of even ONE song that he played!  They were all 
jazz choruses, with never the tiniest reference to the original tune... 
Interesting to say the least, but really strange to my ear...  It was almost 
as if he was saying to the people there - "Here, try and guess THIS ONE!"

ALL the Best,
Steve Heist


> Even improvisation should carry on some semblance of the tune.  I saw no
> evidence that the singer had ever heard it.  If he'd just changed the 
> words
> as well, he'd have had a whole new song.
>
> Ron Wheeler
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
> [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Stephen G
> Barbone
> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 10:56
> To: Ron Wheeler
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Preservation Hall Valentine
>
>
>> On Feb 29, 2008, Ron L wrote: (about "I Can't Give You Anything But
>> Love")
>>
>>> They almost even knew the tune too.
>>>
>>> Ron L
>
> Perhaps they were improvising?
>
> Steve