[78-L] Newspeak

[David Lennick]

Michael Shoshani wrote:
> There is a Duke Ellington record that originally came out on 78 (how's that for topic-skimming?) called "Are You Sticking", in which Barney Bigard wails his clarinet in a manner eerily similar to that of Klezmer. Being from New Orleans, Bigard played Albert System clarinet, which was also the weapon of choice for authentic Klezmer in America.
> 
> Michael Shoshani
> Chicago
> "It Ain't Worth Two Spits If It Don't Make You Shvitz"
> 

Don't forget (not gonna name the obvious Ziggy Elman piece here) Artie Shaw's 
"Dr. Livingstone, I Presume" with that lovely freilach last chorus.

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