[Dixielandjazz] James Reese Europe - The Army Blues
Fuzzy
fuzzymail at fuzzyjazz.com
Sun Nov 1 21:31:33 PST 2015
I've recently re-read Noble Lee Sissle's "Memoirs of 'Jim' Europe".
In this wonderful document, Mr. Sissle refers to a song entitled "The Army
Blues" several times, and frequently lends the reader to believe it was a
favorite of both the band, and the crowd (for example): ".we were playing
our Colonel's favorite ragtime, 'The Army Blues,'.."
I have attempted to search online for any information about 'The Army Blues'
- but there is a current band named 'Army Blues', which makes text searching
pretty tough.
Does anyone know whether this tune performed by the Hellfighters was ever
put to paper or recorded?
Thanks,
Fuzzy
PS: For anyone interested, the document can be found at the following link
but is "page-at-a-time" reading:
http://tinyurl.com/nnybtxz
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