[Dixielandjazz] The tune "The Chant" is NOT dixieland

[Marek Boym]

Couldn't agree more, Marvin.  Well said!
Cheers

On 12 January 2011 22:48, Marvin Ipswich <cornet at clearwire.net> wrote:
> The Chant was piece of music written by pianist Mel Stitzel. It was
> published in an arrangement for 11 piece band by Melrose Publishing in
> Chicago. Jelly Roll Morton rearranged the tune for his recording, but
> subsequent recordings (Joe Candullo, Fletcher Henderson) utilize the stock,
> published arrangement.
>
> "Dixieland" is a term used to describe a *performance*, not a song. If a
> band records Rachminoff's Prelude in C# minor (Wilbur DeParis), it doesn't
> make it a dixieland tune. It is a classical piece played in dixieland style.
>
>
> Here a some examples of tunes that are frequently referred to as
> "dixieland," when it is clearly apparent that they are just tunes:
>
> I've Found a New Baby - Ethel Waters:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63dSIKkJ1RM
> Same tune, by Sonny Rollinsl: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sgE7lT-aDU
>
> Royal Garden Blues - John Kirby: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EMTtFI4Y1Y
> Casa Loma 1930: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uijWT-DgTEs
> vocal version (as the song was published) by Daisy Martin:
> http://www.redhotjazz.com/songs/daisymartin/royalgardenblues.ram
>
> The point I'm trying to get across here is it's the interpretation, not the
> song, that makes it dixieland.
>
> Thank you,
> Marvin
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