But some of the side dishes are the major food groups of the ancient ballad tradition without which Jazz would have been rather weak. And possibly also not as well received by those of the european traditions.

I just downloaded a piece of the Burns cd from napster! (Armstrong St. Louis blues- I now have a hand car- Handy- so have made a hand related compilation- Handy wrote the st louis blues.... Lots of hand prints and hands on springs and a shrine to the helping hand on top!

Conrad