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"'Rhythm' Changes" story from Bill Crow


Larry Kart

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by way of a post by Crow on the Jazz West Coast site:

"Eddie Bert was rehearsing a group for a record date, with JR Monterose. He pulled out a Shorty Rogers original and we ran it down. JR said, 'You play on this one, Eddie, I don't want to play on it.' Eddie said, 'It's just 'I Got Rhythm.' JR replied, 'I have nothing further to say on 'I Got Rhythm.'"

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Kinda depends on whether you date it to when Gershwin wrote it or when it first inspired jazz compositions, doesn't it?

;)

There are those who believe that Gershwin cribbed the changes from Ford L. "Buck" Washington, the pianist and partner to John Bubbles (John W. Sublett). The duo was known as Buck and Bubbles...some stuff on Youtube, of course. Bubbles is possibly the best tap dancer ever.

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