[Dixielandjazz] Smile in Swing Style.

[William ♫ Sharp]

Ken - -
Not being a communist country, or  under any other dictatorship, I feel free to play a tune like “Smile” any damn way I want. If fact, since you ask, I have actually played it as  a Reggae, with no repercussions, no flying tomatoes, so have at it, and swing away !! !  I bet you 10 million dollars that someone has played it in swing style ( I only make those large bets when i know it’s impossible to prove me wrong).
Pick a style, and if you like it, do it. Music is a creative, not static, with tunes being always played the same way. You have been set free ! ! !  

Stay “tuned”
Bill#

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Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 09:53:50 -0700
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Subject: [Dixielandjazz] A Charlie Chaplin composition
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?A question for those who play for dances or audiences.
Do you ever play "Smile" --- the Charlie Chaplin composition
for his movie "Modern Times"?  Lyrics were added later and
recorded by vocalists at a slow tempo.  I hear it as a very
pretty melody played as an instrumental with swing
phrasing at medium tempo.  Anyone play it that way?
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