[Dixielandjazz] Correct Pitch

[Harry Callaghan]

Mariano Rivera.............oh, excuse me, I thought for a moment we were
talking about baseball.

HC

On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Stephen G Barbone <
barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 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..
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> 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.
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> Cheers
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
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