[Dixielandjazz] Isham Jones and "Spain"

[Robert Ringwald]

We, The Fulton Street Jazz Band recorded "Spain" on one of our LPs in the mid to late 70s.  

--Bob Ringwald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Gates" <kwg28 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Bob Ringwald" <rsr at ringwald.com>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 11:02 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Isham Jones and "Spain"


> Happened to reach into my CD storage and stumbled across a Bob Crosby version
> of "Spain".   Nice swingin' tune--very pleasant to my ears.
> 
> My dixieland fake book has it---composed by Isham Jones.  A  search on the
> internet says it was briefly number one on the pop chart of 1924.
> 
> A search on youtube only came up with a more recent composition by that name
> by Chick Corea.
> 
> Wondering why such a nice old tune isn't played much  by OKOM bands?
> 
> Ken Gates
> 
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