For No Reason at All in C

Cool Jazz has its roots as early as 1927 in the wonderful collaborations of cornetist Bix Beiderbecke and C-melody saxman Frank (Tram) Trumbauer!

They both used a linear, relaxed and lyrical style and were the first to offer an alternative to the searing, passionate and extroverted music that characterized the Jazz Age.

The most important recordings of these groups include Singin' the Blues, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans, I'm Coming Virginia, For No Reason At All in C, Wringin' and Twistin' and Bix's legendary piano solo In a Mist.

Somewhat hotter but still very much laid back were Clarinet Marmalade, Ostrich Walk, and Riverboat Shuffle.These works were not simply recorded and then forgotten, to be rediscovered as an oddity at some later date.

The instrumental was also recorded by composer Julio Remersaro (piano & cornet) during a performance at the AMIA Auditorium on August 4, 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The piece was also performed in concert in 2003 by a band that included Mark Shane on piano, Howard Alden on guitar, and Dan Levinson, Jerry Dodgion, and Scott Robinson on C-melody saxophone at the JVC Jazz Festival at the Hunter College Danny Kaye Playhouse in an arrangement by Dan Levinson during the Bix Beiderbecke centennial.