[Dixielandjazz] When Country Meets Dixie

[Rickz]

Actually, Western Swing has it's roots in Jazz.    Bob Wills used to 
tune in the Coon-Sanders Band in 1928-29.

A lot of country tunes have a neat Jazz Band backing.   Here's one I was 
just listening to... Sue Thompson "Big Mable Murphy"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zynDFr9vwTg&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLE20DA06E32AB4F94
(A little "doo-wakka-doo" on the end.

Jimmie Rodgers was about as country as they get... but they put some 
jazz band backing on some of his songs.
You'll have to put up with a little yodeling to get to it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_sV1sN303A

MKOM, if not yours.

Rick Jolley, Banjo
Colorado Nighthawks

On 1/16/2012 8:54 AM, Stephen G Barbone wrote:
> CAVEAT: The following excerpt from a Press Release may rankle the 
> "trad purists". Especially the last sentence:
> "It's the most unique thing that we may hear musically for a long time."
>
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
>
> Oak Ridge Boys and Dukes of Dixieland have teamed up to record a new 
> project entitled When Country Meets Dixie, which will be released 
> February 28, 2012
>
> The blended, dynamic composition of "big band New Orleans jazz meets 
> American barbershop gospel/country" is poised to inspire and entertain 
> generations young and old with its swinging energy and "rhythmatic" 
> performances featuring trumpet, trombone, clarinet and sax (baritone & 
> tenor).
>
> "Initially, we wanted to have this little get-together to see if it 
> worked musically," explains James Stroud, former head for Giant and 
> Dreamworks Records, current CEO of R&J Records and producer of Tim 
> McGraw, Toby Keith and Chris Young among many others. "We wanted to 
> incorporate some of the sounds the Dukes brought from New Orleans and 
> combine it with what the Oak Ridge Boys bring with their history and 
> successes in gospel and country. The project wound up creating its own 
> sound, its own brand. WHEN COUNTRY MEETS DIXIE is the result of two 
> great American art forms colliding. It's the most unique thing that we 
> may hear musically for a long time."
>
>
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