[Dixielandjazz] George Probert

[Don Robertson]

George plays this slow version of Canal Street with the Firehouse Five 
on their CD "16 Dixieland Favorites", and it DOES swing.  It goes on for 
6 minutes.

Don Robertson

On 4/13/2010 8:48 PM, Bob Romans wrote:
> George Probert played "Canal St. Blues" with Cell Block 7 in 
> Chiliwack, BC, our last set there, about 5 years ago...he counted it 
> off..his request...and it was gawd-awful slow! Then he took about 9 
> choruses on it...and it SWUNG! It was great! I wish I had a recording 
> of that set! We played our trio of three double-bell euphonium arr of 
> Ory's "Savoy Blues"...and he went to the mike and said told the crowd 
> in the hall that he had played that tune probably with 60 jazz bands, 
> and the arr we had was the closest to Kid's arr he'd ever heard! But 
> "Canal St. Blues"...WOW!
> Warm regards,
> Bob Romans,
> 1617 Lakeshore Dr.,
> Lodi, California,95242,
> Cell Block 7 Jazz Band,
> 209-747-1148
> www.cellblock7.biz
> You have to hand it to Venus De Milo
>
>
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