[Dixielandjazz] FW: Saints, Al Hirt, Bob Havens

[Jim Kashishian]

Bob Ringwald wrote:
They played The Saints Go Marching In and alternated single notes with tpt,
tbn & CL. Here is some comments from Bob Havens regarding that recording
session.  
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And, Bob Havens wrote back:  Hi Bob,
That arrangement of the Saints with Al Hirt happened once by accident and it
worked so effectively that we decided to make a regular routine out of it.

And, I add:
That's the way good arrangements happen.  They happen...are worked upon, and
kept.  Bad bits & bad songs(or not appropriate songs for a particular band)
get treated in the opposite way.  They get tried out, worked upon, and
dumped if they don't flow.  Of course, this works with a steadily working
band, not a pick-up.

Jim