[Dixielandjazz] "In the Gutter" & "Skip the Gutter"

[Craig I. Johnson]

Bruce,
I copied "In the Gutter" and madea midi file of it.
It's kinda boring, but then I haven't listened to any
records (e.g. Big Bill Bissonnette's International Jazz Band recording
or Geo. "Kid Sheik" Cola's recording of it.(only references I could find.)
Also - could not find a composer attribution.

As to "Skip the Gutter" it was written by Spencer Williams
according to redhotjazz.com, tho attributed to Otis Rene' elsewhere.
It is on the Hot 5,6,7 recordings of Lous Armstrong. 
One reviewer judged the basic tune to be "prosaic", but
to a great degree Armstrong/Hines "rewrite" it in their rendition.
It is one of the Hines/Armstrong "soloist" pieces.
It can be accessed at 
http://www.redhotjazz.com./hot5.html
I haven't checked to see if anyone else recorded it in a less
"soloist" style.

Craig Johnson
  ----- Original Message -----  (was off-list, but thought it might interest all)
  From: Bruce Stangeland 
  To: Craig I. Johnson 
  Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 1:53 PM
  Subject: Re: Indian Sagua (Concert).pdf


  Craig I. Johnson wrote: 
    Bruce
    The only details I have here are on this chart.
    The other song I don't know.
    Thanks for the index. It's too late for me to research the
    above and read the index, but I'll look at the index
    tomorrow afternoon and if Haesler hasn't answered your
    questions by then I'll do a little research on in the gutter.
    (Any chance it's a variation on "SkipThe Gutter" ? (I haven't had
    a chance to look at the pdf to see.)
    Craig
  Craig,

  Thanks.

  I'm not familiar with "Skip the Gutter".

  Cheers,
  Bruce