[Dixielandjazz] FW: Shorty with a St. James twist

[Steve Voce]

In the excellent St James Infirmary he used a large section of the Cab Calloway version from the 30s. Maryk's outlook isn't particularly old fashioned, it's just very narrow!

Steve Voce


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> On 15 Sep 2014, at 16:08, "Jim Kashishian" <jim at kashprod.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Marek wrote:
>> The beginning sounded OK, albeit too high, but after some five minutes it
> deteriorated into modern mayhem.
> 
> Ha, ha!  Of course I had you in mind, Marek, when I wrote that some wouldn't
> like it at all!  :>
> That's ok.  Everyone to their own.  However, you can't say such a band plays
> "mayhem".  They are tight, tight, tight!  Modern, yes.  Showy, yes.  But,
> certainly not mayhem.
> 
> The amazing thing is the amount of OKOM songs Shorty puts into his concerts.
> Granted, he puts a different slant to the tunes, but he is still respecting
> the older songs.  Listen to him "tipping his hat" to Louis Armstrong on
> Youtube on "Sunny Side of the Street".
> 
> Cheers, Jim
> 
> 
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