RE: 11 and 12 diatonic - early use of positions

[Pat Missin <pat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Winslow wrote:

>4th position (Pit Paré), 5th position (William Lee McCoy), and 12th 
>position (Daddy Stovepipe) were all recorded during the 1920s as were 
>1st and 2nd. 3rd does not seem to have shown up on recordings until 
>around 1950, with 6th position also making a brief appearance on a 
>Muddy/Walter record.

6th position on diatonic was recorded some years before that - in the
late 20s by Eddie Mapp. Details (and some other firsts) here:

http://www.patmissin.com/ffaq/q5.html

 -- Pat.