[Dixielandjazz] Blues For Dracula

[Stephen G Barbone]

Maybe not quite OKOM, but surely MKOM.

How many of you super hip old folks remember the Philly Jo Jones  
sextet with "Blues For Dracula"? Originally A spoofy tribute routine  
to Bela Lugosi by comedian Lenny Bruce, this was Philly Jo's  
adaptation for jazz. Jo and Lenny were great friends.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZyUjCt6ShM

The vocal routine is pretty close to what Bruce did in his act. The  
music, more like a hard bop blues but then, "blues is blues jedge".

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband