[Dixielandjazz] "Gate Mouth"

[Ron L'Herault]

The key change might just be differences between recording and playback
speed.

Ron L

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Subject: [Dixielandjazz] "Gate Mouth"

Many years ago while playing a gig in Washington DC, I made several trips to
The Library of Congress and turned up many interesting "Classic" jazz lead
sheets. These were filed for copyright purposes. I found many compositions
by Armstrong, Oliver, Ory, Lil Hardin, etc.
Anyway, the other day I decided to put together a simple lead sheet
arrangement of the tune "Gate Mouth" and remembering that it was one of the
titles I found at the Library of Congress I thought I would see how it
compared to the recording done by The New Orleans Boot Blacks back in July
1926. First of all the lead sheet is in F concert and the recording is in
Eb. But the most interesting thing is that in the B section there are an
extra 4 bars of breaks that do not appear on the recording. So I thought
that might be something that would intrest some of you. I intend to use the
extra 4 bars on my leadsheet.
The composer is listed as Louis Armstrong (his hand writing) and copyrighted
Jul 19 1926. The main part of the song is probably an old New Orleans theme
that had been floating around as it appears in other places as "Do What Ory
Say" by Kid Ory and "Mama's Baby Boy" by Johnny St. Cyr. The St. Cyr version
also sports a different verse. 
So thats it. There's always something new to learn.
John Gill
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