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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=NL link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Chicago - 3 May 1955<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Frank Assunto (tp), Fred Assunto (tb), Pete Fountain (cl), Arthur Seelig (p), Bill Porter (b), Roger Johnson (d). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Blue Prelude</span></i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> is on an LP called "At the jazz band ball" and issued on Vik LXA0025 and RCA-Victor LPM2097, LPM 2982 (mono) and LSP2982 (stereo).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>About two years ago I tried to compile a discography of the band (the Assunto years) but it appeared to be impossible to get exact recording dates, so I didn’t finish it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Gerard Bielderman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Van:</b> Jim Kashishian <jim@kashprod.com> <br><b>Verzonden:</b> zondag 2 september 2018 23:42<br><b>Aan:</b> Gerard Bielderman <gerard.bielderman@telfort.nl><br><b>CC:</b> Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com><br><b>Onderwerp:</b> [Dixielandjazz] Dukes<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Very interesting comments back & forth here on the Dukes. As a kid, though, I didn't think to deeply about what I was hearing. I just skipped over the songs that I didn't like (and it turns out they were the corny ones).<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>To this day I still play Blue Prelude regularly keeping it fairly close to the way I remember Frank played it on a recording that I don't have any longer. Must have been a recording done before they hit fame. I seem to remember that it wasn't a full size LP. Anyone know what recording it was? Trombone solo with rhythm section only. One of my favourite songs. I recently discovered the words, which are amazing!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Jim<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="http://www.typeapp.com/r?b=13549">TypeApp</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div>
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