[Dixielandjazz] Correct Pitch

[Stephen G Barbone]

Back in the 1940s when I would play my clarinet along with records  
heard on the radio, there were many occasions where the pitch of those  
records was off by a half step or so.
and as a result, I learned some tunes  by ear in strange keys..

Clarinetist and neighbor Hank D'Amico told me  that many of jazz  
records were incorrectly pitched and that most jazz tunes were played  
in the flat keys, plus C or G.

Cheers
Steve Barbone
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