[Dixielandjazz] Sidewalk Blues JRM vs, Marsalis

[david richoux]

Bob,

I did notice that in your comment upon second reading (after I sent my
reply, naturally!)

Dave Richoux

On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Robert Ringwald <rsr at ringwald.com> wrote:
> david richoux wrote:
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>> Regarding tempo - a lot of the early New Orleans songs were supposed
>> to be "Struts" so a bit slower tempo is sometimes proper. I think many
>> "Dixie Bands" play/played songs too hot and fast - even Tiger Rag (AKA
>> Blues Number 2) can still swing at a slower pace, if you do it right.
> (snip)
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> Doing songs at various tempos is fine.  Sometimes I have a specific tempo in mind and then hear a good band play a song in a different tempo and I think to my self, wow, that works.  I never thought of doing it at that tempo.
>
> However, in this particular recording, it is not the tempo, it is the fact that the tempo drags down and ends up slower than what it started at.
>
> --Bob Ringwald
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