[Dixielandjazz] Dogfight

domitype domitype at gmail.com
Wed Dec 28 12:06:02 PST 2011


Rick, and all, 

Marches ( especially the Washington Post) were so popular in the late 1800s that the dance craze called Two-Step was created. It is now known as "historic Two-Step" in some dance circles. 

Dave Richoux

On Dec 28, 2011, at 10:42 AM, Rickz <rickz at usermail.com> wrote:

> Well I was impressed with his piano playing, and he talks good, but I think he just stole the term "dogfight"
> to use for what we (jokingly) called "a musical intertube."   There's no fighting going on.  It's just contrapuntal.
> 
> There is frequently an out chorus on many jazz tunes, but it is orchestrated pretty carefully..
> I just listened to a bunch of Firehouse Five tunes, and they don't dogfight.... they have a pretty well arranged
> (or planned out) outchorus.
> 
> BTW, I don't give a damn what they do in Marches.   Trad Jazz is dance music, don't you know???
> 
> Rick 



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