[Dixielandjazz] James Reese Europe - The Army Blues

[Snogpitch]

In the late 1990s I found at my local library a collection of Jim Europe's Hell Fighters Band. The tune you search for isn't there, however.  The person writing the liner notes Reid Badger also authored a book titled A Life in Ragtime. The discography section does not list this tune as recorded.  It is mentioned a few times in the book.  

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> On Nov 2, 2015, at 12:31 AM, 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 
>