tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323643089904400443.post8332751518928777232..comments2024-02-11T03:21:54.973-05:00Comments on The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong: Muskrat Ramble - Part 3 - The All Stars 1947-1948Ricky Riccardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000638350101809298noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323643089904400443.post-49313002683952895882011-05-25T17:04:42.873-04:002011-05-25T17:04:42.873-04:00The mysterious phrase in the middle of the Carnegi...The mysterious phrase in the middle of the Carnegie Hall solo that reappears at the start of the ride-out choruses in the Symphony Hall performance (and never returns!) is a song from Sigmund Romberg's MAYTIME (1917), "Do You Remember?" [AKA "Sweetheart"] Revived and completely alterned in 1937 as a film vehicle for Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald, the show's only Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01909107619778360229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323643089904400443.post-90462457746545039542011-04-27T18:36:59.813-04:002011-04-27T18:36:59.813-04:00Lovely to read this since I was at the 1947 Sympho...Lovely to read this since I was at the 1947 Symphony Hall concert that was recorded. George Arvakian wrote marvelous notes.<br />The sad story of this song is that Country Joe and the Fish stole this melody for "The Fish Cheer" (One, Two, Three, What Are We Fight For / I Don't Give a Damn / I won't Go To Viet Nam."<br />Kid Ory was alive at the time and got cheated out of Dick Watermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16693545294114971147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323643089904400443.post-892364782695175972011-04-07T09:54:31.206-04:002011-04-07T09:54:31.206-04:00I’ve listened many times now each time hearing som...I’ve listened many times now each time hearing something "new"... just wanted to say (again) how much I appreciate your presentation of these particular All Star recordings. That these six men came together for a couple of years is miraculous. Their music blows me away… like the post you did awhile back on Royal Garden and now this! IMO Sid is extraordinary especially on the two WABC/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323643089904400443.post-50372265526921304972011-03-29T12:27:28.310-04:002011-03-29T12:27:28.310-04:00... just expressing my gratitude for gathering the...... just expressing my gratitude for gathering these recordings together and presenting them as such... hearing these super-gifted men take things to the edge, oh my! ... Big Sid, what can one say after two, three, and four bar (plus) barrages- time to keep silent, meditate, go practice some more... no matter what age. Thank you, RR! mbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323643089904400443.post-56646784615069083782011-03-27T11:21:04.390-04:002011-03-27T11:21:04.390-04:00You know, the old man just might have been mildly ...You know, the old man just might have been mildly creative in his twilight years . . . these Muskrats sure do make one want to Ramble. And -- to quote you -- SID!Tiny Kahnhttp://www.tinykahncalfskins.comnoreply@blogger.com