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Author: seabreeze
Date: 2020-09-23 02:01
The popular song "Avalon" was written by Al Jolson. The Puccini family recognized that Jolson just (unconsciously?) transformed a famous aria melody in the third act of the Tosca opera from minor to major mode, and they successfully sued Jolson's publishers for the unauthorized appropriation. Goodman of course knew the melody from the clarinet introduction and obbligato to the tenor solo "E lucevan le stelle," [The stars were shining] and Pete Fountain probably got it from Goodman. Fountain's main influences were the traditional New Orleans jazz players Irving Fazola and George Lewis, and a little later, especially evident in this performance, the swing style of Goodman.
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