[Dixielandjazz] Waiting For The Robert E. Lee

[Stan Brager]

Right you are, Dan.

The 2 LPs were reissued on the Good Time Jazz CD "Favorites". "Waiting..."
was recorded in Los Angeles on January 19, 1950. In the band were: 

Turk Murphy - trombone
Bob Scobey - trumpet
Bill Napier - clarinet
Burt Bales - piano
Bill Newman - banjo
Squire Girsback - tuba
Stan Ward - drums 

There was a short vocal at the beginning of the tune which opened with the
sound of water, the whistle of a boat and a voice which shouts "steam boat".

Are we celebrating the 65th anniversary of this session?

Stan
Stan Brager

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Barrett [mailto:danpbarrett at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 6:06 PM
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Dear all,
Happy New Year!  Regarding "Waitin' For the Robert E. Lee," I seem to recall
a great version recorded by Turk Murphy's Jazz Band. I think it might be on
one of the two Good Time Jazz LPs issued in the late '50s/early '60s. I'm
pretty sure it's performed as an instrumental.
All the best,
--Dan Barrett

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> Hello all
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> Ah, yes - Joe Smith. Lyricism and power.
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> His 32 bar solo on Bessie Smith's /Hot time in (the) old town tonight/ 
> (March 1927) is quite beautiful.
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> All the best,
> Anton
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> On 20/01/2015 23:38, ROBERT R. CALDER wrote (in part):
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> His younger brother Joe was the jazzman, highly esteemed as a lyrical
player, with Fletcher Henderson and on blues accompaniments which many years
later Count Basie was recommending Sonny Cohn to study.
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> Most of what I have treat this tune as instrumental. I have one CD with
partial lyrics, from the Buffalo Ridge Jazz Band. 
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> Snogpitch
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>> On Jan 20, 2015, at 12:33 AM, Jim Hillesheim <jwh66047 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Any recommendations for recordings of this tune, preferably ones
available on a CD, sung with complete lyrics? I would like to hear of your
personal favorites. 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Jim Hillesheim
>> Lawrence, Kansas
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