The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #26088   Message #311332
Posted By: M.Ted
03-Oct-00 - 05:32 PM
Thread Name: What are you working on right now?
Subject: RE: What are you working on right now?
"Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga" was a hit for both Jimmy Dorsey (Helen O'Connell on vocals) and for Charlie Barnet(vocal:Mary Ann McCall)in 1940, and, I think, a record that was much played by the college crowd during the great Rhumba craze--you will note that Hank also mentions "Cuban Pete" (He's the king of the Rhumba beat)--

Whistlestop--spill it! What kind of toys do you have in your studio?

Also, sad little puppy that I am, I been sitting here trying to hack my way through every tune that you all have mentioned, and I even cranked up the Band-in-a-Box to try to do Rick's thing with "Don't Mean a Thing..."(Thanks for doing it on an instrument that you can't play, it gives the rest of us at least a small chance). I may flip it over to a Rhumba though...