"Don't be that way"

This song was written by Edgar Melvin Sampson, and was commissioned for Rex Stewart's band in 1933.

The song has a simple structure and uses the call and response method.

Call and response traditionally consists of a main and dominant call, and is followed by a weaker response (punctuation). Despite this, Sampson's recognizable style uses a equally dominant call and response.

"Don't be that way" repeats the same eight bars and layers in soloists. Jazz has a simple structure so musicians can focus on their interpretation and sound while improvising.

This style of music is very different from the traditional waltz of the era. Swing is mainly for listening and should provoke an emotion while waltz music is for dancing.

Music today uses a lot of computer generated sounds, and if Jazz was reintroduced, many would disapprove of its simplistic melody.

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