[Dixielandjazz] Play The Melody!

[Stan Brager]

Playing the melody didn't apply to Coleman Hawkins when he recorded "Body
And Soul" soon after returning to the US from Europe in 1939. He repeated
that feat again in 1944 but called it "Rainbow Mist".

I'm sure many of you remember at least one of the above.

Stan
Stan Brager 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: alevy at alevy.com [mailto:alevy at alevy.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 9:54 AM
> To: Larry Walton Entertainment
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Play The Melody!
> 
> For the musicians on this list.
> RE:"On the other hand I really don't think everyone
> playing the head is a good idea."
> =================================
> There was the time I played a wedding with a
> "pick up - club date" band out of an office on
> Long Island. The leader called "Valentine" (Eb)
> so I (piano) the trumpet, tenor and trombone
> player ALL played C - B - Bb -A.
> Next four measures we all played the melody.
> Somehow it worked out after that.
> Cheers,
> Al
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