[Dixielandjazz] The Axemans Jazz

[Phil Wilking]

There is a tune connected with the same axe-murderer called "The Mysterious 
Axeman's Jazz." It is not great music, but if anyone wants it, I can send 
it.

The story I heard was that a serial axe-murderer wrote to the newspaper in 
about 1919 that he would stop killing if more New Orleans bands played jazz. 
With nothing to lose, more bands played jazz and the killing stopped. The 
murderer never was caught.

Phil Wilking - K5MZF
www.nolabanjo.com

Those who would exchange freedom for
security deserve neither freedom nor security.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Patrick Ladd

Just finished reading this book by Ray Celestin. Not a book about jazz but a 
serial murder mystery set in New Orleans and based on a true strory.