[Dixielandjazz] Covid-jazz much needed musical humor courtesy Lew Shaw

Tue May 12 23:19:31 EDT 2020

Duke Ellington summed it up with "Don't Get Around Much Any More".

Stan
Stan Brager

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From: Jerry Gordon [mailto:jerrygordon at juno.com] 
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St James Infirmary (no change necessary) Don't Get Around Much Anymore (ditto) I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good (another ditto)

When Virus Eyes Are Smiling
Fauci's a Jolly Good Fellow
Corona My House (R Clooney's famous ditty)

Jerry Gordon
One of the most nearly famous washboardists in all of Troy, NY

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On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 12:38 PM <nvickers1 at cox.net <mailto:nvickers1 at cox.net> > wrote:

	To: DJML

	From:  Norman Vickers, Jazz Pensacola

	Hello friends at DJML.  I sent this out to a private list and it was suggested that I send to DJML as well.  So, some of you wonderful people will get it the second time.  But, as I frequently say, if you get this more than once, you’re twice-loved.

	Keep them coming.  If you can contribute to the humor, please copy me and Lew Shaw; see his contact information at the end of this message.

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	To some jazz friends and a few other friend with a good sense of humor.

	One of the joys of jazz is opportunity to know charming people that I’d otherwise not have encountered in life.  One of those is my good friend Lew Shaw of Scottsdale, AZ.  Lew was a big-time sports writer who also had an interest in jazz. Got his start in jazz writing in 1962 when he was publicist for Berkshire Music Barn in Massachusetts.  During that time he got to meet and interview Armstrong, Ellington, Basie and giants of the day.   He was a go-getter for the Arizona Classic Jazz Society  in Phoenix.  I met him through the American Federation of Jazz Societies.  He was president of  AFJS a few years after my stint in that office. ( Unfortunately AFJS disbanded in 2004 after a successful 20 years. )  He’s written for   West Coast Rag and subsequently for Don Jones’ American Rag.    Then when  AR transitioned to The Syncopated Times  under Andy Senior’s editorship a couple of years ago, he’s continued to write for TST.  In addition, he is author of a couple of books.  See  his Jazz Beat: Notes on Classic Jazz on Amazon, for example.

	Lew sent this humorous piece to some friends.  He kindly gave me permission to send to my list(s).  So, here goes.  Hope you will get a chuckle or two, as I did.

	Thanks, Lew.  Thanks and good wishes to my jazz friends.   

	Last message:  if you come up with a clever quip or two, send along to Lew but, please, also copy me.

	Norman Vickers

	5429 Dynasty Dr.

	Pensacola, FL 32504-8583

	Cell 850-324-5022

	www.jazzpensacola.com <http://www.jazzpensacola.com> 

	MEMBER JAZZ JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION

	Lew Shaw wrote:

	Family and Friends:

	I did a sampling of how musicians are dealing with the COVIT-19 epidemic and wrote a story for the June issue of The Syncopated Times. While the pandemic is no joking matter, it is important that we not lose our collective sense of humor.

	Los Angeles bassist Richard Simon wrote: “I'm still practicing, looking for a few good notes, and de-composing.  Some tunes I'll be ready to play when we’re again all cleared for social mingling and public performances include:

	 - "I COVID the Waterfront"

	 - "Lysol You Last Night (and Got that Old Feeling)"

	 - "Soap Gets in Your Eyes"

	 - "The Mask You Made is Over" (accompanied on guitar by George Benson)

	             - "Lung Ago and Far Away" (opening line: “Chills run up and down my spine…”)

	            -A Test-Kit, A Task-It   (sung by Ella Fitzgerald)

	 - and of course, the old favorite, "Vaccinatin' Rhythm"

	Multi-instrumentalist Scott Robinson added a few from his New Jersey home:

	Sneeze Funny That Way
	I'm in the Mood For Glove

	Not Close to You

	Sentimental Germy (or my contribution: Germy Bounce)

	I’m Building Up to an Awful Shutdown
	and, Jelly Roll Morton's The Purells (for the non-jazzers: The Pearls)

	Not to be outdone, drummer Ray Templin down in Tucson has composed the 2020 Quarantine Rag, An Infectious Two-Step, “a catchy little ditty that reflects what life is like every day at my house.” Its constant repetition of monotonous chords elicited the comment, “It should be played ad nauseam and will certainly keep people a good six feet away.”

	Each and every morning we should all face east as the sun rises and sing Charlie Chaplin’s SMILE:

	Smile, though your heart is aching
	Smile, even though it’s breaking
	When there are clouds in the sky
	you’ll get by
	If you smile through your fear and sorrow
	Smile and maybe tomorrow
	You’ll see the sun come shining through
	for you

	Light up your face with gladness
	Hide every trace of sadness
	Although a tear may be ever so near
	That’s the time you must keep on trying
	Smile what’s the use of crying
	You’ll find that life is still worthwhile
	If you’ll just SMILE!

	Lew Shaw

	480-451-2285

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