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I was just running into the following WWW article : http://nonjohn.com/History%20of%20Boogie%20Woogie.htm From the article : "According to one website ...
tommersl
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Jun 2, 2005
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According to Brian Rust, Chimes Blues was indeed recorded around March 1923 (no matrix number indicated) together with I Want To. Two dates must have been...
Patrice Champarou
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Jun 2, 2005
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... Normally dated to about February 1923. The disc was certainly issued in May 1923. Perhaps the author of this statement knows something no one else ...
Howard Rye
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Jun 2, 2005
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Frog's website is advertsing two new CDs: "Clarence Williams, 1930- 1941" and "Five Birmingham Babies." Gerard...
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Jun 2, 2005
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Is this not syncronicity... I was just did a search for "boogie" on Jazz-on-line.com !! WOO-WOO BOOGIE WOOGIE Fox Trot 1939 HARRY JAMES and the BOOGIE WOOGIE...
Gregory May Jr.
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Jun 2, 2005
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Hats off to Dawn Leppard for her determination to keep Frog alive - I know she's having to learn a lot, so it's an achievement to release three new CDs in half...
Michael Rader
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Jun 3, 2005
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A comment FWIW about that BW article (http://nonjohn.com/History%20of%20Boogie%20Woogie.htm) and a question. My comment is about the movie "Ray" , my guess is...
tommersl
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Jun 3, 2005
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... They are on Classics 953 Clarence Williams Vol. 13. Not heard. Howard Rye, 20 Coppermill Lane, London, England, E17 7HB howard@... ...
Howard Rye
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Jun 3, 2005
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Thanks for the reply. Drat - I hate buying dubs of my old LPs, but the 1938 recordings probably weren't ever on LP. Has anyone heard them? Strange personnel...
Michael Rader
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Jun 3, 2005
11:14 am
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Mention of new Frog CDs reminds me that this site was recently the scene of some animated correspondence about JSP's underhanded ripping off various small ...
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Jun 3, 2005
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... I have now heard these and I guess that the reason they're omitted from the Frog issue is that Clarence Williams plays no perceptible (if any) part in ...
Howard Rye
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Jun 5, 2005
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Thanks for listening. It sounds very much like what I was expecting. It is to be hoped that the unissued tracks on Frog will come as a pleasant surprise. Best...
Michael Rader
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Jun 7, 2005
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"Classic" Boogie Woogie is full of odd combinations of measures. I think the head of "New Orleans Hop Scop Blues" is something like 17 bars long, is followed...
David N. Lewis
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Jun 8, 2005
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I think with 8/8 it's 8 bars and then it's sometimes another 8/8 for 8 bars length or 4/4 for 4 bars with varied , slowed down tempo even stopping the tempo...
tommersl
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Jun 9, 2005
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I disagree. Blues by King Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton amongst countless others are clearly of standard 12 bar length. Pinetop Smith always used an orthodox 12...
Hugh Crozier
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Jun 9, 2005
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Dear Hugh, I agree with most of your points about the standard 12 bar length in early recorded blues progressions. What I would add is that the variants in...
Andrew Homzy
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Jun 9, 2005
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... There isn't a shred of evidence to connect these with Clarence, unless you believe in the Pete Brown connection and my ears certainly don't. Any connection...
Howard Rye
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Jun 9, 2005
11:23 am
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The main reason for connecting them with Williams, if I understand Lord correctly, is the repertoire, i.e. the numbers played at the session, which were owned...
Michael Rader
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Jun 9, 2005
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... I didn't say he was good. I said he was a real blues singer. Clear?!! Howard Rye, 20 Coppermill Lane, London, England, E17 7HB ...
Howard Rye
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Jun 9, 2005
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I'm passing on information I received from John Wilby of Jazz Oracle concerning their new release. Gerard J. Fitzpatrick Hi Gerard: The Edison CD is now...
aclassicjazzfan
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Jun 9, 2005
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Hugh Crozier wrote: I disagree. Blues by King Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton amongst countless others are clearly of standard 12 bar length. Dave Lewis: Which...
David N. Lewis
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Jun 9, 2005
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For all its worth, when I was a kid, I had worked with my father, Roger Pryor Dodge, transcribing solos. I remember a few cases of 16 bar blues where the ...
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Jun 10, 2005
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If, like me, you enjoy stories with Hitchcockian ironic endings, you'll appreciate this one (although you may be shocked as well). I've been teaching for about...
Gerard J. Fitzpatrick
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Jun 14, 2005
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At 08:52 PM 6/14/2005 +0000, Gerard J. Fitzpatrick wrote... ... That's one small step for a man, but one giant leap for Jazz. P.W. Fenton New Port Richey, FL ...
P.W. Fenton
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Jun 14, 2005
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Gerard, We are always amazed to hear stories like that. But I did some reserch on the web today, and, to answer your question: Yes, Louis Armstromg was black. ...
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Jun 15, 2005
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Here is a little record review I ran across in Variety that I thought you all might be interested in: Disk Reviews by Bob Landry King Oliver Victor 22298 A...
Scott Alexander
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Jun 15, 2005
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A better question: Is Michael Jackson black??? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Jun 15, 2005
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He was a sort of chocolate brown when I saw Him in 1956. Guess who I'm talking about. Oh yes, and I'm a sort of greyish off-white with red blotches here and...
Robert Smith
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Jun 15, 2005
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You wouldn't chuckle. I was recently talking to a woman who has been a fixture at every jazz session you could mention for more years than you would care to...
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Jun 15, 2005
3:32 pm
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Scott: While I believe that Joe Oliver's Victor sessions of 1929-1930 had some enjoyable moments (call me sentimental but I especially like "I'm Lonesome...
Gerard J. Fitzpatrick
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Jun 16, 2005
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