[Dixielandjazz] Question from Igor

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Igor, while Mr. Balbone, Mopsick, etc will give you far more detailed  
answers I can tell you that there are numerous tunes played by trad bands from  the 
early 1900's and 1910's (as well as the 40's and later---Hello Dolly, Do You  
Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans, Midnight in Moscow to name a few).
 
I recently programmed a performance for our band that was a two hour  concert 
of only pre-1930 numbers and it included such staples as "Bill Bailey"  1902, 
"Some of These Days"  1911, "Alexander's RagTime Band" 1911, "Blues  My 
Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me" 1915,  "Darktown Strutter's" 1917, "St.  Louis Blues" 
1914 and those which reach much further into the past---"Closer  Walk", "St. 
James Infirmary", "Just a Little While to Stay Here,"  etc.  just to name a few.
 
I think many tunes from every decade can lend themselves to a "trad" or  
swing treatment and suspect many on the list will agree.
 
I am, however, waiting for my first good dixieland version of the best of  LL 
Cool J and Run-DMC.
 
K.C. Clarinet



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