Re: [Harp-L] Re: Juke

[IcemanLE@xxxxxxx]

Opinion only....I feel that, if Walter were the type of player like  Champion 
Jack or John Lee, we would have heard this "crooked tune" format more  often 
in his music. This may have just been an example of musicians landing on  
their feet after someone got lost in the form, before PERFECTION in final mix  
became the rule for releasing recorded music.
 
 
In a message dated 1/23/2009 5:42:16 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Walter  came out of the rural blues tradition, and changes to the meter of a 
bar or  the structure of a 12-bar chorus weren't unusual in that tradition.   
Apparently what mattered most was a strong pulse, not the number of bars in a  
chorus.  Listen to the live recording of pianist Champion Jack Dupree at  the 
Montreaux jazz festival--his sidemen, great musicians all, are constantly  
surprised by what he's doing to the form.

We hear that stuff as a  rhythmic irregularity or a mistake.  I'm sure that 
to Walter and his  bandmates in late forties/early fifties Chicago, it was just 
the way the music  was played.  

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