[78-L] Shuffle Along - Noble Sissle & Eubie Blake

[Jeff Sultanof]

I saw this about a month ago in previews. I have to agree with those
reviewers who were let down in Act 2. The second act has less dancing, and
is generally a downer given that the partnerships between the creators
falls apart. I was hoping that Wolfe would fix this, but I guess that's not
so easy.

I did have one big objection: there is a big to-do about how Gershwin stole
"I Got Rhythm" from William Grant Still that I thought was thoroughly
tasteless and unnecessary. I have no idea if it is still in the show or
not. Perhaps someone else who has seen it can say.

Jeff Sultanof

On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 9:16 AM, Thomas Stern <sternth at attglobal.net.invalid>
wrote:

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> This historic and pioneering show is again on Broadway - lots of reviews
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> profiles, newsclips etc. on youtube
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> Cheers, Thomas.
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>   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUjbZ0KO4SE
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>    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vMDGFjbEMU
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> http://www.wsj.com/articles/shuffle-along-or-the-making-of-the-musical-sensa
> tion-of-1921-and-all-that-followed-review-1461889800
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>   http://variety.com/2016/legit/reviews/shuffle-along-review-1201762907/
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> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/the-scene/Review-Wolfe-Shuffle-Along
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> http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/remixing-shuffle-along-a-musical-that-brought
> -new-sounds-and-moves-to-broadway/
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> The LIBRETTO is available:
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> Shuffle Along: The 1921 Broadway Musical: Complete Libretto (Historical
> Libretto Series )
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> Paperback: 58 pages
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> Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (July 25, 2015)
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> Also a just released CD from HARBINGER containing parts of a 1950 demo
> recording for a proposed revival, plus recordings
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> of Eubie Blake and others from the LP's issued by EUBIE BLAKE MUSIC.
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>   http://harbingerrecords.com/sissle-and-blake/
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> TWO other important LP incarnations:
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> 1976  NEW WORLD 260  SHUFFLE ALONG an archival re-creation of the 1921
> production, featuring members of the original cast.
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>   unfortunately not transferred to CD - perhaps the Broadway revival will
> stimulate that!
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> 1. Bandana Days; I'm Just Wild About Harry - EUBIE BLAKE (1921-Victor 18791
> B)
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> 2. In Honeysuckle Time - NOBLE SISSLE (1921-Emerson 10385 / Recorded as
> "Leonard Graham and His Jazz Band)
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> 3. Love Will Find A Way - NOBLE SISSLE/EUBIE BLAKE (1921-Emerson 10396)
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> 4. Bandana Days - NOBLE SISSLE/EUBIE BLAKE (1921-Paramount 12002-B)
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> 5. Daddy, Won't You Please Come Home - GERTRUDE SAUNDERS /TIM BRYMM
> (1921-Okeh 8004)
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> 6. Baltimore Buzz; In Honeysuckle Time - EUBIE BLAKE, solo piano
> (1921-Emerson 10434)
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> 7. Gypsy Blues - PAUL WHITEMAN & HIS ORCHESTRA (1921-Victor 18839)
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> SIDE TWO: 1. I'm Craving For That Kind Of Love - GERTRUDE SAUNDERS & TIM
> BRYMM (1921-Okeh 8004)
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> 2. The Fight - Dialogue by FLOURNOY MILLER & AUBREY LYLES (1924-Okeh 40186)
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> 3. Gee, I'm Glad I'm From Dixie - NOBLE SISSLE (1920-Pathe 20470)
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> 4. Mirandy - NOBLE SISSLE and Lt. JIM EUROPE (1919-Pathe 22089)
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> 5. How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm - NOBLE SISSLE & Lt. JIM EUROPE
> (1919-Pathe 22080)
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> 6. On Patrol In No Man's Land - NOBLE SISSLE & Lt. JIM EUROPE (1919-Pathe
> 22089)
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> 7. Baltimore Buzz - NOBLE SISSLE (1921-Emerson 10385)
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> RCA Victor EPA 482  SHUFFLE ALONG                  7" 45rpm EP 1953
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> RCA Victor LPM 3154                               10"-LP   1953
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> Sony/Amazon/?? 96188                                 CD-R 2011
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> Blackbirds of 1928
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> 1. I Can't Give You Anything But Love (From ''Blackbirds Of 1928'') Cab
> Calloway;Thelma Carpenter 2:18
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> 2. Diga-Diga Doo (From ''Blackbirds Of 1928'') Cab Calloway;Thelma
> Carpenter
> 3:30
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> 3. I Must Have That Man (From ''Blackbirds Of 1928'') Cab Calloway;Thelma
> Carpenter 3:35
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> 4. Doin' The New Low-Down (From ''Blackbirds Of 1928'') Cab Calloway;Thelma
> Carpenter 3:05
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> SHUFFLE ALONG
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> 5. Love Will Find A Way (From ''Shuffle Along'') Avon Long;Thelma Carpenter
> 3:26
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> 6. I'm Just Wild About Harry (From ''Shuffle Along'') Avon Long;Thelma
> Carpenter 2:10
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> 7. Bandana Days (From ''Shuffle Along'') Avon Long;Thelma Carpenter 2:00
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> 8. Gypsy Blues (From ''Shuffle Along'') Avon Long;Thelma Carpenter 3:17
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>    Digital Booklet: Blackbirds Of 1928 / Shuffle Along
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> other bits and pieces are included in:
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> NEW WORLD CD   Black Manhattan V.2     - 2012 recording
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> The Eighty-six Years of Eubie Blake (Columbia C2S 847).
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> --This two-record album includes a Shuffle Along medley recorded by Sissle
> and Blake in early 1969.
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> Sissle & Blake. (Eubie Blake Music EBM-4).
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> Reissues of early Sissle and Blake recordings.
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> Eubie Blake-Volume I: Blues and Rags (Biograph BLP-1011Q).
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> Eubie Blake-Volume II: 1921 (Biograph BLP-1021Q).
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> --These two records include twenty-two of Eubie Blake's thirty known piano
> rolls.
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