John Collins in Cafe Society Downtown, New York - 20th Century
from Jazz Anecdotes, page 279:
There was a guy there, I think he was a little effeminate, that lived there. He was a bartender or something, and he played piano. He was a traditionalist. The pure chords, you know, one, three, five chords. Art would upset him so badly sometimes. Art would tell me, “Say, watch John. Watch what I'm going to do.”
So he would start playing Danny Boy. This was one of this guy’s favorite tunes. He'd start playing it and then about four bars in, he'd hit one of these … more >>
cite as
Bill Crow, Jazz Anecdotes (New York, 1990), p. 279. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1449137265656 accessed: 24 January, 2025
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersDanny Boy | performed by Art Tatum |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 20th Century |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by Gorwel Owen on Thu, 03 Dec 2015 10:07:45 +0000
Approved on Wed, 19 Oct 2016 14:52:37 +0100