[Dixielandjazz] Rodgers and Hammerstein Songs for Jazz

[Marek Boym]

I've heard many traditional bands play The lady Is a Tramp and Blue
Moon, and - although much fewer - This Can't Be Love.
And many other Rogers and Hammerstein numbers.
Cheers

On 14/05/2010, Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Suggest Dixieland Bands (not those who are "Trad" bands and stick to pre
> 1930s music with emphasis on banjo/tuba)  consider the following songs
> besides those Al B named: Look at a list of all Richard Rodgers Songs, not
> just the ones Hammertstein wrote lyrics to, and like wise, look at songs
> where Hammerstein wrote the lyrics but someone else (like Jerome Kern) wrote
> the music. Below are just some of the songs my band plays
>
> There is Nothing Like A Dame
>
> Happy Talk
>
> Favorite Things
>
> Surrey With The Fringe On Top
>
> There's A Small Hotel
>
> The Lady is a Tramp
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> Blue Moon
>
> This Can't Be Love
>
> The guy wrote some 900 songs and many of them are quite suitable for
> Dixieland, and were indeed played as Dixieland by Eddie Condon and other
> bands in NYC in the 1950s and 1960s. Many were also played as modern jazz by
> John Coltrane, Oscar Peterson et al. Many of them have wonderful melodies
> and chord changes. The swing almost by themselves.
>
> There are many other American Songbook tunes which are suitable for either
> Dixieland or modern jazz, such as "If I were a Bell" from Guys and Dolls
> (Frank Loesser). Or "I Thought About You" by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny
> Mercer.
> Benny Goodman with Mildred Bailey and Bob Crosby recorded neat versions.
>
> Or Gershwin songs like "The Man I Love", which ranks 18th in the list of
> most popular Jazz Standards. Or "A Foggy Day In London Town". For a list of
> the top 1000 jazz standards, (Most are American Songbook Tunes) see:
> http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions/index.htm
>
> How many of those standards can be adapted to Dixieland? Depends on the
> creativity of the band IMO.
>
> Also IMO, the decline in the popularity of OKOM may partially be caused by
> the reluctance of many OKOM bands to play these tunes.
>
> Barbone Street experience is that at private parties, and at our outdoor
> concerts with generally jazz challenged audiences, these types of song go
> over VERY WELL and are in large measure why we have no trouble getting gigs.
> The audiences rave about how nobody plays or writes this kind of music
> anymore. And the young folks dance to it.
>
> So many songs, so little time. <grin>
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
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