[Dixielandjazz] The Million Dollar Question redux
JimDBB@aol.com
JimDBB@aol.com
Tue, 6 Aug 2002 10:42:13 EDT
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In a message dated 8/6/02 7:06:22 AM Central Daylight Time,
dingle@baldwin-net.com writes:
> Jim, you wrote, re: Cutty Cutschall and Edmund Hall:
> >There won't be any more of this calber and character.<
> The truth is that there weren't all that many back then, which is why they
> stand out in our memories. I recently tried starting a post on unsung
> clarinetists -- you and few others responded. Yet in the long run only a
> little over a dozen/dozen and a half were mentioned...this from a rather
> knowledgable bunch on the list.
> Even though the days of the big band and the small jazz combo saw many
> musicians working and recording, the ones we tend to remember for their
> playing remains a small number by comparison. There were many good,
> talented
> journeymen jazz players over time, but only a handful of truly great ones.
> Which is precisely why we remember them so well. And we are professionals
> who had a chance to know and listen to many and make judgments based on
> experience and exposure..
> There may, in fact be more of this "caliber and character" to come. But not
> any great number -- then, now, or in the future. We just have to keep
> listening -- and learning.
> Don Ingle
A very excellent post, Don. Your are right, those musicians like Edmund
Hall and Cutshall were the exception and not the norm. Through the hazy
filter of time we tend to think that great jazz players of that caliber were
all over the place and as you point out, it just isn't true. And as you say,
that is why we remember them so fondly. thank god for the miracle of
recording. And remember what Doc Cheathem said, " I try not to let a day go
buy without listening to at least one recording by Louis Armstrong."
Jim Beebe
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 8/6/02 7:06:22 AM Central Daylight Time, dingle@baldwin-net.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Jim, you wrote, re: Cutty Cutschall and Edmund Hall:<BR>
>There won't be any more of this calber and character.<<BR>
The truth is that there weren't all that many back then, which is why they<BR>
stand out in our memories. I recently tried starting a post on unsung<BR>
clarinetists -- you and few others responded. Yet in the long run only a<BR>
little over a dozen/dozen and a half were mentioned...this from a rather<BR>
knowledgable bunch on the list.<BR>
Even though the days of the big band and the small jazz combo saw many<BR>
musicians working and recording, the ones we tend to remember for their<BR>
playing remains a small number by comparison. There were many good, talented<BR>
journeymen jazz players over time, but only a handful of truly great ones.<BR>
Which is precisely why we remember them so well. And we are professionals<BR>
who had a chance to know and listen to many and make judgments based on<BR>
experience and exposure..<BR>
There may, in fact be more of this "caliber and character" to come. But not<BR>
any great number -- then, now, or in the future. We just have to keep<BR>
listening -- and learning.<BR>
Don Ingle</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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A very excellent post, Don. Your are right, those musicians like Edmund Hall and Cutshall were the exception and not the norm. Through the hazy filter of time we tend to think that great jazz players of that caliber were all over the place and as you point out, it just isn't true. And as you say, that is why we remember them so fondly. thank god for the miracle of recording. And remember what Doc Cheathem said, " I try not to let a day go buy without listening to at least one recording by Louis Armstrong."<BR>
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Jim Beebe<BR>
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