[Dixielandjazz] Chat and other "hits"

[Marek Boym]

Wow!
Something I've mentioned again and again - the "lost" great tunes!
By the way, there was a very popular '20's number "My Pet."  Not
politically correct. I am afraid.  So what have the politically
correct Swedes do with it?  Changed "Pet" to "Girl," and got a
politically correct number.  I was reminded of it while listning to my
tapes from the Gold Washboard Jazz Festival in Ilawa, Poland, and
hearing Paul and His Gang performing it.  A good tune, and the band
was fantastic!
Cheers

On 11 February 2013 02:54, Henry C. Mason <hmncro at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Mike is right,  most of the road band books are full of "gems" that never
> were a hit but they still met the leader's standard for inclusion in the
> book.  Many of the big road bands carried 300 or so charts in the book and
> could only play 36 or so on a three hour show...  After playing the "in
> the
> moods" etc.  I expect they had to have some different things in the book
> to
> avoid terminal boredom.    I hear non GMO musicians complain about "In the
> Mood" all the time,  can you imagine playing it every night!?
>
> Henry
>
> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 5:29 PM, <vaxtrpts at aol.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> >  I think that with any big band, there are lots of great arrangements
> > that
> > may not get recorded or become the most popular charts from that band,
> > but
> > they might really swing and be interesting pieces of music.  While not a
> > huge Glenn Miller fan, I did play in the band for a short time about 40
> > years ago, and there were some really nice things in the book that
> > didn't
> > get played all the time.
> > But then there were also some great charts on Stan Kenton's band that
> > most
> > fans don't know about as well.
> >
> > Mike Vax
> > Friends of Big Band Jazz, Prescott Jazz Summit,
> > Stan Kenton Alumni Band
> > www.mikevax.net
> > www.bigbandjazz.net
> > www.prescottjazz.com
> > www.getzen.com
> >
> >
> >
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