[Dixielandjazz] Mamie's Blues/2:19

[jazz en ville]

HI?
I think that the exact time of arrival and departure of this train has a 
real importance.
I love the way Morton speak, sing and play. Perhaps, if this train were 
2-10  instead of 2. 19 would he have missed the groove?
Cheers

A. de La Simone
Le 21/10/2013 17:34, Dick Baker a écrit :
> Exactly. Departing trains known by their departure time, arriving 
> trains by their arrival time.  Presumably, in "Mamie's Blues," that 
> train arrives every day at 2:17, leaves two minutes later at 2:19.  
> Thus the 2:19 train would take her away, but the 2:17 train (on some 
> later day) would bring her back again.
>
>
>> For what it's worth, I grew up in a small town where the passenger 
>> trains were always referred to by their departure times -- you'd 
>> catch the 12:15 for St. Paul, etc.  It seems certain that this was 
>> common practice.
>>
>> Butch Thompson
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