[Dixielandjazz] Bob Chester (was Rare Ethel Merman cartoon short)

[david richoux]

True - you don't "have to" like any particular kind of music, art
, literature or whatever! However, I have found learning about the roots
and connections in jazz (and all music) to be very interesting - both for
listening and also useful for my performing.

Dave Richoux


On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 12:09 AM, Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dave, I know all that.  Does that mean I must like Latin rhythms?  I don't
> think so.  I am a great believr in gospel according to Edward: "It Don't
> Meam a Thing...."  "Tinge" is one thing,  Caribbean music is another.  as
> to African - many years ago a Polish  youth weekly I used to read at the
> time bore a headline "To-toms Don't Swing" (the article summarized the
> reprter's trip to Africa."
> Cheers
>
>
> On 24 April 2013 09:21, david richoux <domitype at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Marek,
>> Don't forget that as Jelly Roll Morton said - the "Latin Tinge" was a
>> major part of New Orleans Jazz. Calypso and other Afro-Caribbean forms of
>> music are all part of the mix that makes OKOM jazz what it is!
>> The books by Ned Sublette (performer and musical historian) about the
>> interconnected music and culture of New Orleans and the Caribbean are well
>> worth reading.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Sublette
>>
>> Dave Richoux
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you, Dave.
>>> Just listening to the third recording by Bob Chester.  Swinging like
>>> mad!  Somehow, perhaps because of the plethora of singers he featured.  The
>>> GHB Foundation has issued a Bob Chester CD on its Circle label.  But it
>>> contains some "scary" items, "Calypso," for example.  I am really not into
>>> Latin rhythms.  And I don't know waht "Dolores" is, either; must be the one
>>> by Frank Sinatra, but I can't be sure.
>>> I wonder how mnay vocals are on that CD.
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>>
>>> On 23 April 2013 23:09, david richoux <domitype at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The person who posted that cartoon to Youtube has a lot of other very
>>>> interesting film clips!
>>>>
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/user/CantorJazzOnFilm?feature=watch
>>>>
>>>> Dave Richoux
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Robert Ringwald <rsr at ringwald.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Here's Ethel Merman and the great Max Fleischer with the rare cartoon
>>>> > short "Song
>>>> >
>>>> > Shopping".
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HJOgxmJsXQ
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
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