[Dixielandjazz] 1919 Rag

[Stanley A. Klein]

I don't remember where I saw or heard this, but the name 1919 has nothing
to do with the year.  What I saw or heard was that the name came from the
fact that it was Number 19 in the usual New Orleans marching band
repertoire.  Perhaps that could be a clue to something.


Stan Klein


On Sat, April 30, 2011 3:00 pm, "Jack Mitchell" <fjmitch at westnet.com.au>
wrote:

> Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 13:13:07 +1000
> From: "Jack Mitchell" <fjmitch at westnet.com.au>
> To: "John Gill" <smokewagon at yahoo.com>
> Cc: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] 1919 Rag
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>         Well Ory called it 1919 Rag on his recording in 1945 and Turk
> Murphy's Good Time Jazz recording is also 1919 Rag. Have you not
> come across these recordings? Watters called it 1919. Since the
> tune appears to have been brought on the scene by Ory, I would
> give some creedence to his calling it 1919 Rag.-
>         John Gill--
>
>         I stand corrected on that point- I've never seen or heard the Ory
> version you mention, but I'm pretty sure that I've got the Turk
> Murphy version on LP. However I haven't seen it for some years -
> it's on a shelf somewhere but I haven't the time at the moment to
> look for it.
>         Best wishes
>         Jack Mitchell