[Dixielandjazz] Dixielandjazz Digest, Vol 82, Issue 3

richard.flecknell at ntlworld.com richard.flecknell at ntlworld.com
Sun Oct 4 01:19:22 PDT 2009


Good morning Sheik,
have to disagree on playing the tune as written or very close to it.
We certainly wouldn't have the jazz or the great players. Enjoy Red Allen, Wild Bill, Humph, George Lewis, Kid Ory and Eureka Brass Band (great version of Panama ~ c1961/62) and all the variations. This straying from the melody especially by the greats is one of the kicks we get from jazz. Remember a full version of Panama with solos as well probably couldn't have fitted onto a 78rpm. There's also Panama Rag to worry about try New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra c72.
Richard
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>    1. Definitive "Panama" record? (dwlit at cpcug.org)
>    2. Re: Definitive "Panama" record? (Robert Smith)
>    3. Re: Music (Phil Wilking)
>    4. Re: Definitive "Panama" record? (Jack Mitchell)
>    5. Definitive "Panama" record? (Bill Haesler)
>    6. "A Tree In The Meadow" (was Not OKOM, but...) (Bill Haesler)
>    7. Fw:  Definitive "Panama" record? (Robert Ringwald)
>    8. More Panamas (Bill Haesler)
>    9. Re: More Panamas (tubaman at tubatoast.com)
>   10. Re: Not OKOM, but... (pj.ladd)
>   11. Evolution Mama Lead Needed (Roy (Bud) Taylor)
>   12. Re: More Panamas (dwlit at cpcug.org)
>   13. Fast Eddie Erickson (Rick Jolley)
>   14. Re: Definitive "Panama" record? (dwlit at cpcug.org)
> 
> 
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 14:45:04 -0400 (EDT)
> From: dwlit at cpcug.org
> To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Definitive "Panama" record?
> Message-ID: <1496.216.99.241.195.1254509104.squirrel at www.cpcug.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
> 
> Hi Gang. Question: What is the "definitive" recording of "Panama"
> for someone who wants to learn the complete tune from a record, rather
> than from music (eg. my sheet in "Dixieland Fake Book Vol. 1")
> 
> As with too many recordings, the lead horn on very often doesn't provide
> even a reasonably a straight melody line--I keep wanting to yell: "if you
> ain't gonna play PANAMA, call it Tegucigalpa or something!!!"
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> --Sheik
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 22:06:21 +0100
> From: "Robert Smith" <robert.smith at tele2.no>
> To: <dwlit at cpcug.org>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Definitive "Panama" record?
> Message-ID: <3501F30AA88545EA9B13DCF94DA9D60B at RobertSPC>
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> 
> Dear Sheik,
> 
> I think Humphrey Lyttelton's version meets the criteria.
> 
> Unfortunately I only have it on a 78, so I don't know if it's available in 
> other formats.
> 
> Kind Regards
> 
> Bob Smith
>  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 15:59:20 -0500
> From: "Phil Wilking" <philwilking at bellsouth.net>
> To: "Mailing List DIXIELAND JAZZ" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Music
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> 
> "While We Danced At The Mardi Gras" and "The Curse Of An Aching Heart" sent 
> off-line.
> 
> Phil Wilking
> 
> Those who would exchange freedom for
> security deserve neither freedom nor security.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "pj.ladd" <pj.ladd at btinternet.com>
> 
> 
> > Can anyone please send me chords and words for
> >
> > `How we danced at the Mardi Gras`  and `Curse of a broken heart`
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 07:36:54 +1000
> From: "Jack Mitchell" <fjmitch at westnet.com.au>
> To: <dwlit at cpcug.org>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Definitive "Panama" record?
> Message-ID: <98BE013105D64FB8977B6E899B816B53 at jackm>
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> 
> The greatest recording of PANAMA is by Wild Bill Davison and his Commodores 
> from 1943. End of story.
> 
> Best wishes
> Jack Mitchell
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <dwlit at cpcug.org>
> To: "Jack Mitchell" <fjmitch at westnet.com.au>
> Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 4:45 AM
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Definitive "Panama" record?
> 
> 
> > Hi Gang. Question: What is the "definitive" recording of "Panama"
> > for someone who wants to learn the complete tune from a record, rather
> > than from music (eg. my sheet in "Dixieland Fake Book Vol. 1")
> >
> > As with too many recordings, the lead horn on very often doesn't provide
> > even a reasonably a straight melody line--I keep wanting to yell: "if you
> > ain't gonna play PANAMA, call it Tegucigalpa or something!!!"
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > --Sheik
> >
> >
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> ------------------------------
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 08:58:58 +1000
> From: Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
> To: David Littlefield <dwlit at cpcug.org>,	Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> 	<dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Definitive "Panama" record?
> Message-ID: <34AF8375-E838-4A33-87FF-7C1925F60B29 at bigpond.net.au>
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> 
> dwlit at cpcug.org asked:
>   What is the "definitive" recording of "Panama"
> > for someone who wants to learn the complete tune from a record, rather
> > than from music.......
> 
> Dear Sheik,
> My advice to anyone wishing to learn any tune is to ALWAYS go to the  
> source recording, or those closest to it.
> In the case of "Panama" (1912. William H. Tyers) check out the  
> following band versions:
> 
> Friars Society Orchestra		30 August 1922
> Johnny De Droit			15 March 1924
> Henry Halstead				19 June 1924
> Dixie Stompers (F. Henderson)	22 Dec 1925
> Red Nichols				29 May 1925
> Luis Russell				5 Sept 1930
> 
> All can be heard on Scott Alexander's indispensable Red Hot Jazz  
> Archive site
>    redhotjazz.com
> And don't take any notice of Jack Mitchell.
> He only collects Wild Bill Davison records.
> (Just kidding.)
> Me ole mate, Jack, is Australia's most eminent discographer.
> Very kind regards,
> Bill.
> 			 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 10:22:09 +1000
> From: Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
> To: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>,
> 	Laurence Swain <l.swain at comcast.net>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] "A Tree In The Meadow" (was Not OKOM, but...)
> Message-ID: <E172289E-F70B-4280-91EE-7EB5FEF17B3F at bigpond.net.au>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes
> 
> l.swain at comcast.net asked:
> > Can anyone point to a lead sheet for the WWII song "A Tree in the  
> > Meadow"?
> 
> Dear Larry,
> It was, in fact, written shortly after WWII.
> A UK song, it was composed by band leader Billy Reid and published in  
> 1948.
> He recorded it at the time for Parlophone with Dorothy Squires.
> It became a No.1 'hit' on Capitol for Margaret Whiting in July that  
> year.
> Also recorded by Joe Loss, John Laurenz, Paul Fennelly & the Ames  
> Brothers, Monica Lewis and Sam Brown.
> None of which provides you with a lead sheet, but may prompt the  
> memory of a British DJMLer who can.
>    http://www.theguitarguy.com/treeinth.htm
> has the words and chords.
> Very kind regards,
> Bill.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 22:46:43 -0700
> From: "Robert Ringwald" <rsr at ringwald.com>
> To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Fw:  Definitive "Panama" record?
> Message-ID: <7420666F3AF14041AF96CE3A96F9EE8E at hplap>
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> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dan Levinson" <danlevinson at aol.com>
> To: "Bob Ringwald" <rsr at ringwald.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 4:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Definitive "Panama" record?
> 
> 
> > Not to argue, but the "greatest recording" is not necessarily the "definitive recording," which is what the fellow asked for. Plus, "greatest" is a subjective term. 
> > 
> > When I wanted to learn this tune (which I remember was 22 years ago), I asked the same question and looked for a definitive version. If you want to learn "Struttin' with Some Barbecue," you listen to Louis; if you want to learn "Davenport Blues," you listen to Bix. The sheet music is only marginally helpful in these cases, because the tunes were played before they were written down. 
> > 
> > Not so in the case of "Panama.". Everyone plays it differently, playing the strains in different sequential order, though there does seem to be a standard sequence, at least in the bands I've played in. 
> > 
> > If I were going to learn the tune all over again, I'd get myself a copy of the sheet music. 
> > 
> > Dan Levinson
> > 
> > ------Original Message------
> > From: Bob Ringwald
> > To: Dan Levinson
> > Sent: Oct 2, 2009 7:10 PM
> > Subject: Fw: [Dixielandjazz] Definitive "Panama" record?
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Jack Mitchell" <fjmitch at westnet.com.au>
> > To: "Bob Ringwald" <rsr at ringwald.com>
> > Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> > Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 2:36 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Definitive "Panama" record?
> > 
> > 
> >> The greatest recording of PANAMA is by Wild Bill Davison and his Commodores 
> >> from 1943. End of story.
> >> 
> >> Best wishes
> >> Jack Mitchell
> >> 
> >> 
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: <dwlit at cpcug.org>
> >> To: "Jack Mitchell" <fjmitch at westnet.com.au>
> >> Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> >> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 4:45 AM
> >> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Definitive "Panama" record?
> >> 
> >> 
> >>> Hi Gang. Question: What is the "definitive" recording of "Panama"
> >>> for someone who wants to learn the complete tune from a record, rather
> >>> than from music (eg. my sheet in "Dixieland Fake Book Vol. 1")
> >>>
> >>> As with too many recordings, the lead horn on very often doesn't provide
> >>> even a reasonably a straight melody line--I keep wanting to yell: "if you
> >>> ain't gonna play PANAMA, call it Tegucigalpa or something!!!"
> >>>
> >>> Thanks.
> >>>
> >>> --Sheik
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>_______________________________________________
> >>> To unsubscribe or change your e-mail preferences for the Dixieland Jazz 
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> >> 
> >> 
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> Message: 8
> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 15:48:56 +1000
> From: Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
> To: Carl H?llstr?m <dooji at swipnet.se>,	Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> 	<dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] More Panamas
> Message-ID: <7CE39CBF-C2E9-4D35-BDBE-052064E9D602 at bigpond.net.au>
> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset=iso-8859-1;	format=flowed;	delsp=yes
> 
> Carl H?llstr?m <dooji at swipnet.se> wrote to me off list to comment:
>  >Didn't one of the Southern Territory Bands record Panama for Victor,  
> using a different title ?  Memphis Kick-Up or something alike <
> 
> Dear Carl,
> Nothing wrong with your memory/knowledge of our music.
> "Memphis Kick-Up" by Slim Lamar and His Southerners.
> A Texas-based band which recorded it for Victor in Camden NJ on 19  
> February 1929.
> You and I have it on the IAJRC 9 LP of the same name.
> It too is on the Red Hot Jazz Archive site at
>     http://redhotjazz.com/Songs/lamar/MemphisKickUp.ram
> I also have it on a Retrieval CD (RTR 7906 'Texas & Tennessee  
> Territory Bands. 1928-1931') featuring Sunny C;app. Mart Britt, Slim  
> Lamar and Phil Baxter.
> Very kind regards,
> Bill.
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 9
> Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:18:37 -0700
> From: tubaman at tubatoast.com
> To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] More Panamas
> Message-ID: <20091002231837.anw60st21w8swso0 at webmail.tubatoast.com>
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> 
> That was a really interesting variation - Just skirting on the border  
> of Panama - they should have called it "Costa Rica!"
> 
> DAve Richoux
> 
> 
> Quoting Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>:
> 
> > Carl H?llstr?m <dooji at swipnet.se> wrote to me off list to comment:
> >> Didn't one of the Southern Territory Bands record Panama for Victor,
> > using a different title ?  Memphis Kick-Up or something alike <
> >
> > Dear Carl,
> > Nothing wrong with your memory/knowledge of our music.
> > "Memphis Kick-Up" by Slim Lamar and His Southerners.
> > A Texas-based band which recorded it for Victor in Camden NJ on 19
> > February 1929.
> > You and I have it on the IAJRC 9 LP of the same name.
> > It too is on the Red Hot Jazz Archive site at
> >    http://redhotjazz.com/Songs/lamar/MemphisKickUp.ram
> > I also have it on a Retrieval CD (RTR 7906 'Texas & Tennessee Territory
> > Bands. 1928-1931') featuring Sunny C;app. Mart Britt, Slim Lamar and
> > Phil Baxter.
> > Very kind regards,
> > Bill.
> > _______________________________________________
> > To unsubscribe or change your e-mail preferences for the Dixieland Jazz
> > Mailing list, or to find the online archives, please visit:
> >
> > http://ml.islandnet.com/mailman/listinfo/dixielandjazz
> >
> >
> >
> > Dixielandjazz mailing list
> > Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 10
> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:21:30 +0100
> From: "pj.ladd" <pj.ladd at btinternet.com>
> To: <l.swain at comcast.net>
> Cc: jazz <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Not OKOM, but...
> Message-ID: <10E590FCE23C415F8FA607C0A52241FD at Patpc>
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> 
> Can anyone point to a lead sheet for the WWII song "A Tree in the Meadow"?
> 
> No, but I remember that it was a pretty sloppy tearjerker. In spite of that 
> it was a great hit for various ballad type singers
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Pat
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 11
> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 10:11:07 -0400
> From: "Roy (Bud) Taylor" <budtuba at gmail.com>
> To: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Evolution Mama Lead Needed
> Message-ID:
> 	<82a7f1220910030711s24ae3e78k4e14be8f4ea55dc1 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Does anybody have the lead and chords to Turk Murphy's Evolution Mama.  I
> had it on my PDA and enjoyed it several times at the gym the other day and
> would like to work it into our repertory.
> 
> -- 
> Roy (Bud) Taylor
> Smugtown Stompers Jazz Band
> Traditional Jazz since 1958
> "we ain't just whistling dixie!"
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 12
> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 10:53:41 -0400 (EDT)
> From: dwlit at cpcug.org
> To: "Bill Haesler" <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
> Cc: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] More Panamas
> Message-ID: <1679.216.99.241.204.1254581621.squirrel at www.cpcug.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
> 
> That's a fine record, and is closer to "Panama" than many other records
> I've been listening to, so I'd just add it to the list (with brackets for
> the alternate title)...
> 
> --Sheik
> 
> > Carl H?llstr?m <dooji at swipnet.se> wrote to me off list to comment:
> >  >Didn't one of the Southern Territory Bands record Panama for Victor,
> > using a different title ?  Memphis Kick-Up or something alike <
> >
> > Dear Carl,
> > Nothing wrong with your memory/knowledge of our music.
> > "Memphis Kick-Up" by Slim Lamar and His Southerners.
> > A Texas-based band which recorded it for Victor in Camden NJ on 19
> > February 1929.
> > You and I have it on the IAJRC 9 LP of the same name.
> > It too is on the Red Hot Jazz Archive site at
> >     http://redhotjazz.com/Songs/lamar/MemphisKickUp.ram
> > I also have it on a Retrieval CD (RTR 7906 'Texas & Tennessee
> > Territory Bands. 1928-1931') featuring Sunny C;app. Mart Britt, Slim
> > Lamar and Phil Baxter.
> > Very kind regards,
> > Bill.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 13
> Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:11:56 -0700
> From: Rick Jolley <rickz at usermail.com>
> To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Fast Eddie Erickson
> Message-ID:
> 	<26565764.1254586317941.JavaMail.root at rhap-app082.real.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 14
> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:31:21 -0400 (EDT)
> From: dwlit at cpcug.org
> To: "Robert Ringwald" <rsr at ringwald.com>
> Cc: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com, Dan Levinson <danlevinson at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Definitive "Panama" record?
> Message-ID: <1821.216.99.241.195.1254591081.squirrel at www.cpcug.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
> 
> Hi Dan--the guy Bob referred to is ME. I can't for the life of me document
> the source(s) of my "Dixieland Fake Book Vol. 1" sheet, but in listening
> to upwards of 20s recordings of "Panama", I can document all 5 sections of
> my sheet, as well as the main melody notes (there's considerable variation
> of the rest) and the chords. I haven't yet found the sheet music, nor the
> original stock chart.
> 
> The one possible section I omitted, judging from several records (but not
> the majority of them), is a solo section:
> Db///   ////   Ab///   ////
> Eb7///   ////   Ab///   ////
> Db///   ////   Ab///   ////
> Eb7///   ////   Ab///   ////
> 
> Also, only 2-3 records have the last 2 sections in Eb rather than Ab
> (Lyttleton's is one).
> 
> I'll do some more listening and select possible recordings for learners use.
> 
> To Bill Haesler: The original records aren't reliable for learners,
> especially NORK's 1922. More on this later.
> 
> Cheers!
> --Sheik
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dan Levinson" <danlevinson at aol.com>
> > To: "Bob Ringwald" <rsr at ringwald.com>
> > Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 4:21 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Definitive "Panama" record?
> >
> >> Not to argue, but the "greatest recording" is not necessarily the
> >> "definitive recording," which is what the fellow asked for. Plus,
> >> "greatest" is a subjective term.
> >>
> >> When I wanted to learn this tune (which I remember was 22 years ago), I
> >> asked the same question and looked for a definitive version. If you want
> >> to learn "Struttin' with Some Barbecue," you listen to Louis; if you
> >> want to learn "Davenport Blues," you listen to Bix. The sheet music is
> >> only marginally helpful in these cases, because the tunes were played
> >> before they were written down.
> >>
> >> Not so in the case of "Panama.". Everyone plays it differently, playing
> >> the strains in different sequential order, though there does seem to be
> >> a standard sequence, at least in the bands I've played in.
> >>
> >> If I were going to learn the tune all over again, I'd get myself a copy
> >> of the sheet music.
> >>
> >> Dan Levinson
> >>
> >> ------Original Message------
> >> From: Bob Ringwald
> >> To: Dan Levinson
> >> Sent: Oct 2, 2009 7:10 PM
> >> Subject: Fw: [Dixielandjazz] Definitive "Panama" record?
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Jack Mitchell" <fjmitch at westnet.com.au>
> >>> The greatest recording of PANAMA is by Wild Bill Davison and his
> >>> Commodores
> >>> from 1943. End of story.
> 
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: <dwlit at cpcug.org>
> >>>> Hi Gang. Question: What is the "definitive" recording of "Panama"
> >>>> for someone who wants to learn the complete tune from a record, rather
> >>>> than from music (eg. my sheet in "Dixieland Fake Book Vol. 1")
> >>>>
> >>>> As with too many recordings, the lead horn on very often doesn't
> >>>> provide
> >>>> even a reasonably a straight melody line--I keep wanting to yell: "if
> >>>> you
> >>>> ain't gonna play PANAMA, call it Tegucigalpa or something!!!"
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks.
> >>>>
> >>>> --Sheik
> 
> 
> 
> 
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