[Dixielandjazz] Peanut vendor

[Anton Crouch]

Hello Jack

The Gottschalk connection is real - he used it for a danza. Whether he
actually wrote the melody is another matter - see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moises_Simons

Re the Bob Barnard version - has the Sydney Jazz Club 45rpm been
re-issued on CD?

All the best,
Anton

Jack Mitchell wrote:
> Anton and Bill and all
> If you want a great version of THE PEANUT VENDOR have a listen to Bob 
> Barnard's first recording of it - the one with the Paramount Jazz Band.
> 
> I've read that the tune is actually a pinch from one by Louis Moreau 
> Gottschalk and I think I read somewhere  that someone actually 
> identified the original tune, but of course I can't rememember what it was.
> 
> Cheers
> Jack Mitchell OBE