[Dixielandjazz] "A moir de payer" (was Support live jazz)

[Gerard Bielderman]

As far as I know the correct title is "à moi d'payer" , please note: not 
moir but moi as Guy DeMole writes it in the 1998 edition of his book.
I should translate it as "I have to pay". And that is definitely something 
else than "The pay-off". In this last case I get a reward, in the first case 
I must pay.
Monty Sunshine recorde it in 1968 as A moi de payer and Kenny Ball in 1962 
and 1993 as The pay off.
Gerard Bielderman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Haesler" <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
To: "Gerard Bielderman" <gerard.bielderman at telfort.nl>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 1:31 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] "A moir de payer" (was Support live jazz)


> Marek Boym wrote [in part]:
>> ......while you are right about the title (A moi de payer), the 
>> translation as "payoff" appears wrong; the literal translation seems to 
>> be "MyTurn to Pay", or
>> as an English speaker would say "My Treat."
>
> Dear Marek,
> My mate, pianist Dick Hughes, introduced that Bechet piece to the Ray 
> Price band and was a member of the quartet that recorded in on the YouTube 
> link Andy Ling found for us.
> Dick met and interviewed Sidney Bechet in Paris for the ABC (Australian 
> national radio) in 1954, where he heard the great man play it.
> The encounter is detailed on page 265 of John Chilton's Bechet biography 
> 'Sidney Bechet. The Wizard Of Jazz'.
> "The Payoff" was Dick's translation used for the title of the single (the 
> YouTube version) they recored in 1962.
> Not being bilingual (except in English and Australian) I am not in a 
> position to comment on Dick's translation.
> However, I note that on my Vogue LP, "A moir de payer" is given as "A Moir 
> D'Payer".
> Guy Demole's private publication 'Sidney Bechet. His musical activities 
> from 1907 to 1959' also uses "A Moir D'Payer".
> Is there a subtle difference?
> Come on listmates Gerard Bielderman, Gary Kiser and Alain de La Simone.
> Please help us out.
> 8>)
> Very kind regards.
> Bill.
>
>
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