[Dixielandjazz] Release

[AL LEVY]

Rebecca Thompson wrote:
Can someone enlighten me? I have heard this
reference before when the band leader might
instruct to do such and such "at the realease."
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Funny you should mention that. First, to answer
your question. The release is the part of the song
where the tune changes, usually the 17th - 24th measures.
Classicaly if a tune is [a] [b] [a] in construction the B
section is called the "bridge", the "release", the "channel",
the B section, the "tunnel", the middle or perhaps
something else depending on your area of the world or
the age bracket of the people wiht whom you are playing.
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I quit music sometime in the 1970's. I returned in 1997.
To get started again I played around with midi sequencing
and music notation software just to get myself going.
I managed to play with a few bands within a year.

It took me a few years to realize we did not speak the
same language.

I said something like "you take it at the release" and
got blank stares.

I handed out a chart and somebody asked me if I intended
"swing 8ths".
Ole Rip Van Levy didn't know how to answer so I said
"what do you think?"

I since learned that swing 8ths meant play like an 8th
note triplet with the first note = to a quarter.
(I did hear Mancini talk about this, and how dotted 8th/
16th was not correct back in the 70's.

One member of a big band asked why I wrote the "SHOUT"
chorus twice.
Shout? The only I associated with shouting and music
was James Brown.

It seems a bit of a tragedy to me that the younger
generation - teen agers thru twenty somethings
only know the "Real Book" and not the real harmonies
or tunes.

'nuff said,
Al
Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Conductor, Teacher and Music Prep.
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