[Dixielandjazz] "Makin' Friends" (was Hoagy Carmichael 1930 Lazy River-liver)

[Marvin Ipswich]

Hi, Bill,
> Not to discount your theory, but I'm pretty sure it's McPartland on the
> cornet, bending that concert Eb. (I have to admit I possibly cheated, but I
> keep my cornet next to my chair to encourage a bit of practice now and then,
> and played the same figure!)
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> I just gave a listen to the Whoopee Makers version, and Jack does, as you
> suggested, do the drinking glass solo on that recording, too. Seems to me
> there's a St. James Infirmary recording where he solos with the glass also.
> Perhaps with Armstrong?
>
> Best regards,
> Marvin
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> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>wrote:
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>> Marvin Ipswich wrote [in part]:
>> > I don't hear a trombone behind Jack's vocal. On the first chorus, what I
>> > hear is McPartland playing a concert Eb on the cornet and bending the
>> note
>> > and, obviously, Krupa playing afterbeats on the tom-tom.
>>
>> Dear Marvin,
>> I can still, after all the years, hear trombone notes (at 1.22) and a
>> trombone slur (at 1.30) during Jack's vocal.
>>    http://redhotjazz.com/songs/condon/makinfriends.ram
>> We young 'uns theorised that Jimmy McPartland may have picked up JT's
>> trombone to provide impromptu harmony notes behind the vocal on the first
>> part of the vocal.
>> However, it was probably an intentional part of the arrangement, as was
>> the low register clarinet.
>> Although, we teenage mouldy figs would never have accepted that, way back
>> then.
>> *>)
>> But, as you say, ears can deceive. I may be hearing what I want to hear.
>>
>> > You are aware that Jack is playing the solos with the bell off the horn
>> and substituting a drinking glass for the bell section.
>>
>> Yes.
>> He also does it on the Mound City Blue Blowers' "Tailspin Blues" (25
>> September 1929), the famous Louis Armstrong May 1947 Town Hall Concert
>> version of "St James Infirmary" and a YouTube 'Swingtime' video of "Jack
>> Armstrong Blues" at:
>>   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58q6ehYrWoU
>> I have a vague memory of it being featured on a 'Whoopee Makers' small
>> group side.
>> Must check them out as they contain some great music. And Teagarden.
>> Very kind regards,
>> Bill.
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