[Dixielandjazz] Frits Kaatee

[Joe Carbery]

Calling How Come You Do Me a 12-bar blues may be due to the fact that Ted
is a drummer!
12 bar blues don't have to feel blue in mood. Many of Basie's early tunes
(Swingin' the Blues, One O'Clock Jump) were up-tempo blues. As were many of
Big Joe Turner's (Roll Em Pete etc.)

Joe Carbery.

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 9:11 AM, Charles Suhor <csuhor at zebra.net> wrote:

> With due respect to Easton, “HOW COME YOU DO ME…” isn’t a 12-bar blues but
> a 16-bar tune with a bluesy feeling.
> Many non-12-bar songs from the traditional repertoire have such a feeling,
> right? Some are titled “blues” (BASIN STREET BLUES, SINGIN’ THE BLUES, I’VE
> GOT A RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES) while other such songs aren't so titled
> (Fats Waller’s SQUEZE ME, I CAN’T FACE THE MUSIC, CRY ME A RIVER, and
> bunches of Billie Holiday tunes. So at root, the blues as an aesthetic
> experience aren’t well-defined by song structure. BILLIE’S BOUNCE and THE
> CHAMP have the structure but I’ve never felt down when hearing them,
> well-played.
>
> Charlie
>
>
>
> > On Feb 20, 2016, at 3:28 PM, Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Bill,
> > According to Ted Easton's liner notes,…."Guys were borrowing each other's
> > hors to have a blow; we selected a 12-bar blues: HOW COME YOU DO ME LIKE
> > YOU DO…
>
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