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Thanks Durium,

That ODJB clip is priceless. I had read about that, but had given up hope of ever seeing it.

A lot of tunes use the chord changes. Duke Ellington, for one, used the Tiger Rag chord changes often.

Also not to be missed is Jelly Roll Morton's lengthy demonstration in the Library of Congress recordings.

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Yes, and Jelly Roll Morton's demonstration sheds some doubt on the conjecture repeated at this site that Nick La Roca wrote the tune.

I guess Nick got the copyright in first.

I (more than) suspect that's what happened with a lot of early jazz tunes. W.C. Handy is another guy who was smart enough to be fast on the copyright draw.

Same thing on the blues scene.

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Yes, and Jelly Roll Morton's demonstration sheds some doubt on the conjecture repeated at this site that Nick La Roca wrote the tune.

I guess Nick got the copyright in first.

I (more than) suspect that's what happened with a lot of early jazz tunes. W.C. Handy is another guy who was smart enough to be fast on the copyright draw.

Same thing on the blues scene.

Thanks for your replies

Keep swinging

Durium

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