I know this is a long shot, since every jazz band that has ever performed has done this song; it’s the Chopsticks of Jazz, if you will. Anyway, here’s what I can tell you:
It’s fully instrumental, no vocals.
It’s very Dixieland, with heavy emphasis on the banjo and the clarinet.
Dates to before the end of Napster, because that’s where I found it.
It’s upbeat and fun, and you don’t even realize you’re tapping your feet.
Here’s the important part: each instrument gets a solo, and when it’s the pianist’s turn, he goes. to. town. At one point he’s hitting so many notes so fast I think there might be two pianists in the band.
Since the question has been answered…I once read an essay that argued, with good musical evidence, that the early Beatles subconsciously borrowed from this song when they composed “I Saw Her Standing There.”
I love Dixieland. It supports my theory that any jazz with a trombone in it is good jazz, if only because you can’t take yourself too seriously while playing a trombone.
I also love Dixieland. And I used to play trombone, first in high school band, then in an R&B garage band for a while. I agree, you cannot take yourself too seriously while playing a trombone. Damn, it was fun to play that instrument!
When the local track has live horse racing, we have a Dixieland band playing on the apron between races. While they do traditional favourites, they also do “Dixielanded” versions of more modern tunes. Believe me, it is possible to do “The Muppet Show Theme” Dixieland-style.
