[Dixielandjazz] Knowing the lyric--Ken Dryden writes

[Mike Potters]

Yea, but on the other hand, some pretty wonderful things would often happen if Pops forgot a lyric.

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On Aug 24, 2012, at 12:45 PM, "Norman Vickers" <nvickers1 at cox.net> wrote:

> To:  Musicians & Jazzfans; DJML
> From: Norman Vickers, Jazz Society of Pensacola
>  
>  
> Broadcaster and jazz journalist Ken Dryden of Chattanooga quips:
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> From: Ken Dryden [mailto:askkendryden at yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 12:29 PM
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> There was a story that Oscar Peterson told during one of his appearances on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz.
> Ben Webster thought it was essential to know the lyrics to songs he was playing and one time he came off of
> the stage at the end of a set. Oscar asked him what was wrong and he replied, "I forgot the lyric!"
>  
> Ken Dryden
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