# Another tune for doper identification (jazz/swing)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [May 27, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tune-for-doper-identification-jazz-swing/943056 "2021-05-27T21:04:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tune-for-doper-identification-jazz-swing/943056/1 "2021-05-27T21:04:14Z")

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Hi folks,  
I’m trying to remember a tune which i (or my bro) had on a 78rpm record  
at least 40 years ago, probably US jazz, 40s or 50s.  
[Here](https://soundcloud.com/user-397986814/unknown-jazz) is a rough  
version i knocked up from memory.  
I’d love to hear it again, thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tune-for-doper-identification-jazz-swing/943056/3 "2021-05-28T15:55:55Z")

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Sounds like it should be Count Basie, but i’ve been through spotify and can’t find it.

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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tune-for-doper-identification-jazz-swing/943056/4 "2021-05-28T16:08:35Z")

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I’ve heard it before, but I suck at identifying tunes.

~Max

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**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tune-for-doper-identification-jazz-swing/943056/5 "2021-05-29T06:12:23Z")

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🙂

_Painted Rhythm_ - Stan Kenton

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/x5gAl119keA/hqdefault.jpg "PAINTED RHYTHM by Stan Kenton 1945 Swing Jazz!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5gAl119keA)

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tune-for-doper-identification-jazz-swing/943056/6 "2021-05-29T14:28:52Z")

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> [@Max\_S](#):
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> I’ve heard it before, but I suck at identifying tunes.

Heh. For the longest time I only knew the interstitial music played on the local NPR affiliate as ‘The Ho-Hum Song’. Turns out it was the universally-known Freddie Freeloader by Miles Davis. 😛

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**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tune-for-doper-identification-jazz-swing/943056/7 "2021-05-30T15:50:43Z")

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Nice, but sadly not it !  
Thanks anyway.