Tin Roof Blues- NORKs

Nearly all notes are slid onto from above/below

Use of 7ths and minor 3rds

Range of 13th

17-28, 29-40

Uses blues notes throughout

Strong vibrato on sustained notes

Trombone solo, piano improv. (RH more syncopated)

Chorus 3 more structured

Fills, glissandi, smears, fall offs, scoops bend pitch

Tailgates

Descending chromatic, front line in harmony, piano more chordal

Collective improv. in trombone and clarinet, precomposed melody in other instruments

Range of 2 8ves, doesn't use chalumeau register

Collective improve., more free, trumpet now improvising so composed melody less audible

Clarinet Solo, piano improv. underneath

41-52 53-64 Chorus 4

Chorus 5 65-76

Choruses 2 and 3

5-16

Chorus 6

Structure and Features

First bar played by trumpet, then ensemble  joins in

Chorus 1 Piano only

Outro 77-8

Ben PollackDrums (cannot be heard)

Band met in Chicago

1-4

13th March 1923

Tin Roof Blues- NORKS

Intro

Richmond, Indiana Rhythm Section

Mel StitzelPiano

Background Band

Glossary and Techniques

Leon RoppoloTrombone

Front Line Paul MaresTrumpet

George BruniesTrombone

Collective improvisation/  New Orleans Polyphony

Scoop

Smear Front line instruments improvise at the same time

Gennett Records

Slide up to a note from below

Fall off

Slide down at the end of a note

Slide down and back up during the course of a note

Mares and Brunies formed band which played New Orleans polyphonic style (later Dixieland jazz)