excerpt from 'Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It' pp. 142-144 (238 words)
excerpt from 'Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It' pp. 142-144 (238 words)
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Bix [Beiderbecke] blew into Indianapolis and asked me to go to Richmond with him to hear him make some records. [...] "We're going to make some records in 'slow-drag' style", Bix said, "and I've got some guys who can really go. Tommy Dorsey, Howdy Quicksell, Don Murray, Paul Mertz, and Tommy Gargano." […] Bix started doodling on his horn. Finally, he seemed to find a strain the suited him but by that time everybody had taken a hand in composing the melody, though as the bottles got still lighter nobody seemed to have a definite understanding of what that melody was. [...] As far as I could see, they didn't have any arrangement worked out […] but when the technician came in and gave them the high sign, they took off. Away they went. Away down. They named the piece "Davenport Blues" in honour of Bix's hometown. It was done in lazy 'jig style' and, as the dead soldiers [marijuana cigarettes] were racked up, their music grew screwier and screwier. "Toddlin' Blues" was the next number, and by the time it was finished, they were having a little trouble staying in front of their horns. But the effect was wonderful. They used the "I'se a-comin' " strain from "Old Black Joe" and there were among them those who were soon "a-comin' ." A few years later three of those six boys who got together to blow jazz were gone. Little Joes, all. |
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