Joe Lee With Scotty Moore And Bill Black At Fernwood
Posted on 2025-11-23
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Joe Lee Playing Tuxedo Junction
From The Archives Of Something Blue – 2025-11-23
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Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a function at the junction. And that’s “Tuxedo Junction”.
“Tuxedo Junction” was a number one hit for Glenn Miller and His Orchestra in 1940. The song was introduced by Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra in 1939 so that’s going back 86 years. When Joe Lee played it at Blues Fest in 1998 it was only 59 years old. Time flies when you’re making music.
The song was covered by The Andrews Sisters, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Harry James, Frankie Avalon, Joe Jackson, Stan Kenton, and Manhatten Transfer. That’s the definition of a standard.
Joe’s live version is a tight rendition. Joe plays the head on tenor sax and Kenny Caldwell plays guitar counterpoint on the bridge. Joe takes the first solo with the counterpoint on the bridge again. Kenny takes the second solo with Joe playing a little bit on the last eight. Then they share the head out ending just before the bridge.
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