[Dixielandjazz] Correct Recording Speed

[Phil OR]

I've kept out of this, but Alabone, or is it All Baloney?

Phil O'Rourke
Australia

> Granted, some of the Hot 5 recordings ARE pitched incorrectly - but NOT
> faster! They should actually play just a bit slower. Take, for instance,
> Savoy Blues. The Okeh recording put the tune in G. It should be in F, the
> key Ory (who wrote it) always played it in, and every subsequent recording
> is in that key. But if we are to believe Mr. Alabone, even these 
> recordings
> are way too fast. Cobblers...





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