[Dixielandjazz] Slim Gaillard

[Jim Allen]

I admit that I have never heard of this fellow, before now.  It sounds as though he was a uniquely and uncommonly talented man, but one characteristic stands above all others in my mind.  How did he get people to call him "Slim?"

I used to hate it when people called me skinny, but now I'd give anything if they would call me "Slim!"

Best

Jim Allen
Coronado, CA
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Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Slim Gaillard
 


Of course Slim Gaillard was born on the planet Saturn, and later made a financial arrangement in which he swapped birth certificates with Sun Ra -- a musician worth naming on this site for the amazing performances he pulled off using I think scores from his time long before with Fletcher Christian -- come to think of it, it was actually Fletcher Henderson. 
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