[Dixielandjazz] Oliver's "Zulus Ball" -- new information?

[dwlit at cpcug.org]

Hi Dick. I always thought that "Zulu" referred to the New Orleans crewe,
not the African tribe...

--Sheik

> copyright for the tune, and look what I found:
>
>          Zulu's ball; melody J. O., of U.S., arr. Alvin Robertson,
>          of U.S. © 1 c. Oct. 25, 1923; E 574456; Joseph Oliver,
>          Chicago.
>
> So Robertson wasn't a composer, just the
> arranger.  And Oliver intended for there to be an
> apostrophe in the title, although the singular
> possessive is silly, since it presumably takes
> more than one Zulu to have a ball.