[Dixielandjazz] James Reese Europe - The Army Blues

[domitype .]

This doesn't seem like something from JRE's band - the credits are not
aligning (but it is a British publication, so who knows!) "I've Got the
Army Blues" 1916 published 1916.
http://digital.library.msstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SheetMusic/id/31196

David Richoux

On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 11:39 PM, domitype . <domitype at gmail.com> wrote:

> "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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