[Dixielandjazz] Verse To Struttin' With Some BBQ

[Bill Haesler]

> Still wondering who first recorded the 4-bar back beats on the 5, 6,  
> 7, & 8th measures on the verse to Struttin'.
> Someone said that Turk Murphy did it on a recording in 1952.
> Does anyone know of any earlier recordings that uses those back beats?

Dear Bob,
The back beats in the verse of "Struttin' With Some Barbecue" are on  
Turk Murphy's version recorded for Good Time Jazz on 19 January 1950  
(he did not record it in 1952). Twice. The intro and later after the  
trombone solo.
He used much the same arrangement 10 years later for the Victor  
session with Ernie Carson on 2 May 1961.
They are not in the verse of Louis Armstrong's Hot Five rendition (9  
December 1927) but the stops are.
These Louis stops also occur on the Bob Crosby 1939 World  
transcription recording and the George Wettling 1944 Commodore session.
Lu Watters' used only one break (with cymbal crash) in his several  
renditions in the 1940s and later.
Others in the 40s, including Louis and Jimmy Dorsey, didn't use the  
breaks or back beats, opting instead for either no verse or a piano  
lead in.
So it would seem that Turk gets the ceegar for the arrangement.
The DJML Turk-o-phile, Mike Logsdon, will be pleased.
8>)
Kind regards,
Bill.