[Dixielandjazz] Slow Tempos

[Stephen G Barbone]

Thanks Marek, where shall I send the check? <grin>

For those who want to hear our Black & Blue, visit our myspace page  
and click on the tune when our plays appear at the upper right.

http://www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband

Done in one take at a friend's home studio, no electronic enhancements  
or hiding of clams etc. No rehearsal, just a head version like we'd  
play in a club. Fueled by a bottle of Bombay Gin.

That's the legendary Glenn Dodson on Trombone.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone

On Apr 15, 2010, at 12:19 AM, dixielandjazz-request at ml.islandnet.com  
wrote:

> Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote
> To: Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>,
>
> Don't be so shy, Steve!
> While not "Isfahan," your own "Black and Blue," is not so bad, even  
> if faster.
> Speaking of "Isfahan," for many years I could not believe anybody else
> could pull it through, at its extra-slow tempo.  But I have since
> heard it done bo others, albeit a chosen few (THE chosen few?).
> Cheers
>
> On 14/04/2010, Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Apr 14, 2010, at 3:00 PM,
>> dixielandjazz-request at ml.islandnet.com wrote:
>>
>>> "Ken Gates" <kwg28 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Seems to be that one of the characteristics of top level players  
>>> is that
>>> they can  make a slow (or even a too slow) tempo interesting and  
>>> even
>>> really swing.  I can remember hearing instances when what seemed to
>>> be a faulty beginning tempo (way too slow) turned into an epic
>>  performance.
>>> But only the better musicians can make that happen.
>>>
>>
>> I hear you Ken. IMO one of the true tests of musicianship is how  
>> well the
>> band or soloist plays a Ballad.
>