[Dixielandjazz] James Reese Europe - The Army Blues

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"Army Blues" is not on my James Reese Europe compilation CD, and I cannot
find it anywhere else (except in a few Google Books references.)

Perhaps it was renamed at some point? I sure don't know!

David Richoux

On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 9:31 PM, Fuzzy <fuzzymail at fuzzyjazz.com> wrote:

> 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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