[Dixielandjazz] Ice Cream - Marsalis Clapton & Barber

[Stephen G Barbone]

Dear Bert

Here is a band with what is close to the Original Lyrics. I play as a  
sideman in Tex Wyndham's local band in the Wilmington Delaware area  
and he does the exact original lyrics. Very few bands do these. Seems  
most copy the George Lewis versions which are not the original words.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkIF42ShFps

and here's a Barber version .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOEXOBx9eVc&feature=related

Personally, I prefer the Marsalis/Clapton version to either of these.  
VBG.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband


On Dec 26, 2011, at 1:44 AM, Bert Brandsma wrote:

>
> What I found interesting about the Marsalis / Clapton version is  
> that he sings the 1950's version of the lyrics.
>
> Earlier this year, while on tour with his band, I asked Chris Barber  
> about these vocal lines and why they differ from the original  
> version of the 1920's.
>
>  He then told me, that in the 1950's they changed the lyrics, since  
> several of the Ice flavours mentioned in the original didn't exist  
> in the United Kingdom.
>
>  I teased him a bit , and asked if he was sponsored at that time by  
> Coca Cola, but that was not the case. (Coke should have done that,  
> of course!)
>
>  To my ears the Clapton / Marsalis version is not bad at all, I've  
> heard much worse, but there are few versions that are better.
>
> A very exiting version exists from 1959, Barber live at the  
> Deutschlandhalle, Berlin.
>
> Both trumpet and clarinet solo's on that version are clearly better  
> then what I hear on the Marsalis Cd, but we shouldn't forget that  
> the CB band in that time could play this
> music daily for large audiences without having to play other kinds  
> of music to make a living. And Monty Sunshine, to mention just one,  
> was an excellent musician of course.
>
> BTW, Eric Clapton also made recordings with Chris Barber, and does  
> have a lot of respect for CB, who was an inspiration for many Rock  
> musicians from the UK, like some Rolling Stones / Beatles category  
> have mentioned.