[Dixielandjazz] Spanish Tinge ~ WC Handy

[Stan Brager]

Jack;

St. Louis Blues has a tango rhythm which Armstrong almost always included
when he played it.

Stan
Stan Brager

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack Mitchell [mailto:fjmitch at westnet.com.au]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 2:42 PM
> To: richard.flecknell at ntlworld.com
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Spanish Tinge ~ WC Handy
> 
> Richard Flecknell wrote:
> 
> > Morton wasn't the only composer using the Spanish Tinge ~ was Handy's
> Ole
> > Miss a stab in that direction? (I can't hear it though!). I believe a
> > printing typo meant that Handy never received his due.
> >
> Louis Moreau Gottschalk  - pianist and composer born in New Orleans in
> 1829 - may have been the first American composer to employ the "Spanish
> tinge". He also used American folk music as an inspiration, in such
> tunes as
> THE BANJO. Obviously he was not a jazz pianist but with his attitude
> and
> life style he certainly would have fitted into the jazz scene had it
> then
> existed. Some of his tunes I believe could be treated as jazz, and THE
> PEANUT VENDOR is said to have been derived from one of his
> compositions.
> 
> His autobiography NOTES OF A PIANIST is an interesting read. And GOOGLE
> will
> take you to meny Gottschalk sites.
> 
> Best wishes
> Jack Mitchell
> 
>