Klarinet Archive - Posting 000386.txt from 1994/12

From: John Blegen <blegen@-----.US>
Subj: Dixieland
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 1994 14:56:59 -0500

On Tue, 27 Dec 1994, Renee Weinberger wrote:

> does anyone know where I can get some scores for dixie land music?
> I love the sound of the music, and have always wished to play. What are
> your favorite dixie songs?
>

Without dipping into catalogs I can't recommend any scores, but most large
music stores will have some collections. There's a nice "legal fake book"
collection available called _The Definitive Dixieland Collection_ which
contains 73 tunes and is published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
(ISBN 0-7935-1509-2). As for favorite tunes, here's a basic list for
anyone who wants to start sitting in with dixie bands:

Ain't Misbehavin'
All of Me
Basin Street Blues
Beale Street Blues
Bil Bailey
Do You Know what it Means to Miss New Orleans
High Society
I've Found a New Baby
Indiana
Jazz-me Blues
Muskrat Ramble
Original Dixieland One-Step
Royal Garden Blues
Saint James Infirmary
Struttin' With Some Barbecue
That's a Plenty
Tin Roof Blues
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
Wolverine Blues

And, of course, the Saints. If you know the changes for these (and the
Alphonse Picou solo on High Society), and if you listen, you've got the
basic survival kit. The main thing is to listen to lots of clarinetists
and copy.

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