[Dixielandjazz] Stardust - and another outer space moment

[Robert Ringwald]

Don Ingle wrote in part:
 
> One night my dad, Red Ingle, came in with Hoagy Carmichael in tow. (They 
> had worked together in several of the Goldkette Units in Detroit in the 20's
> and also in Kansas City at a ballroom owned by Goldkette), and dad 
> wanted me to meet Hoagy. I did and it was memorable - especially after 
> this happening.
> Asked to sit in, Hoagy said sure. Asked what he wanted to play he said, 
> Riverboat Shuffle. Okay, Pete asked- what key? (Some bands played it in 
> E flat and others in F.)
> Hoagy said "G" and let's start with the verse, Hoagy said; and mental 
> panic set in. You trumpet players will understand that the verse starts 
> off with this tricky little intro of four bars. Then some triplets.
> Transposing on the fly made fingers twist in ways God never intended 
> they twist. Mental hernias added to the mix. Somehow - divine 
> intervention? - we pulled it off -- but for one moment
> a few of us wished he'd never written the damned thing. 
(snip)

Don, if Hoagy wanted to play Riverboat Shuffle in G, that meant you played the intro and verse in B minor?  I don't imagine many jazz tpt players, or horn players play in that key much?  Must have been tough...  

--Bob Ringwald





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