[Dixielandjazz] Krum Elbow Blues (was Support live jazz!)

[Marek Boym]

As I have mentioned in my reply to Steve, I have both the Hodges version
and the Ellington one.  I agree the 1936 Hodges version is a classic, but
that does not change the fact that very few people know it.  I wonder how
many listmates have ever heard of it before now, or how many have tried to
listen now, that it has been discussed on the list.  It is hardly a well
known number.
Cheers

On Mon, 21 Jan 2019 at 01:28, Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote:

>
> >  Steve Voce <stevevoce at virginmedia.com> replied (in part):
> > Krum Elbow Blues, recorded on 24 August 1938, is an Ellington classic
> played by Johnny Hodges. Helen Oakley Dance wrote that "I am not alone in
> thinking it is one of the greatest things he (Johnny) ever played." It also
> features wonderful growl trumpet from Cootie and suave trombone from the
> master, Lawrence Brown.
>
> Dear Steve and Marek,
> I would suggest that "Krum Elbow Blues" is a Johnny Hodges' Classic.
> Certainly one that introduced me to his' later 1930s small groups many,
> many years ago.
> It was copyrighted by Ellington (of course!) AND its author Johnny Hodges
> on 31 December 1938.
>
> The tune title presumably comes from contemporary July 1938 US national
> press reports of the controversial Krum Elbow Creek dispute between
> President Franklin D Roosevelt and an unfriendly neighbour involving the
> spite sale of property (opposite Roosevelt's Hyde Park home across the
> Hudson River) to religious leader Father Devine
> Prompting my friend and listmate Robert Calder's 'Hyde Park' reference to
> this thread?
>
> Refer to http://www.hudsonrivervalley.org/review/pdfs/hvrr_8pt1_casey.pdf
>
> An interesting read.
> Cheers,
> Bill.
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