[Dixielandjazz] Fwd: TAPS--a trumpet solo

[Jim O'Briant]

Ken Gates wrote:

> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Fwd: TAPS--a trumpet solo

Interesting but not true. 

"Taps" was NOT written in 1801 and was NOT shortened to the "Taps" we know
today.

It was written during the US Civil War. The version you described is a
modern extension and arrangement of it. Pretty, but the story is pure hokum.


Jim O'Briant
Gilroy, CA
Tuba & Leader, The Zinfandel Stompers