[Dixielandjazz] Re: Organs in Jazz - Was Fats Waller first?

[Don Ingle]

Catch Waller on "I believe in Miracles," his organ snuggled perfectly into
his "rhythm" band. Great tune -- we do it with the Michigan Nighthawks,and I
remember Red Nichols doing it with smoothly wonderful Bobby Hammock chart.
And there was a fine pianist as well.
Don Ingle
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Barbone" <barbonestreet@earthlink.net>
To: "Bill Haesler" <bhaesler@nsw.bigpond.net.au>
Cc: "dixieland jazz mail list" <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 9:41 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Organs in Jazz - Was Fats Waller first?


> Bill Haesler wrote: (polite snip
>
> > Dear Steve,
> > Regarding your question: >Has anybody got those early Fats Waller
records with
> > him on organ? Of course! Hasn't everyone on the DJML got them? 8>)
> > (Snip)
> > As is usual for me. More than you needed to know. Guess what I am
playing at the
> > moment? Yep! The Fats' organ sides. Thanks for the reminder.
>
> Thank you Bill, for all the information. As you might know, NYC and
Philadelphia
> are only 90 miles apart and a haven for jazz organ players. (mostly
modern) I grew
> up in NYC listening to Wild Bill Davis, Milt Buckner, Jimmy McGriff,
Groove Holmes
> et al., and then came to the Philadelphia area and kept listening to
Shirley Scott,
> Papa John DeFrancesco, Joey DeFrancesco et al. I was aware of the Waller
recordings
> but never gave them a serious listen until about a year ago. Personally, I
love the
> sound, regardless of the musical genre.
>
> I too was surprised at the Waller reference in the NY Times when trad jazz
is so
> rarely mentioned. I tried to get a write up for Barbone Street's trumpet
player who
> did a week's show tour there playing the trumpet part in  Andre De
Shields'  "West
> End Blues - Louis Armstrong"  Great show. Solid crowds in attendance, and
Paul
> Grant did a masterful job with the West End Blues cadenza as well as the
rest of
> the show. All I got from the New York press corps was polite yawns. Even a
player
> who looks like Louis of the late 30s and is obviously influenced by him,
though not
> a clone, can't get any respect. Bummer.
>
> Ah well, at this Wednesday's brewpub gig, the Philadelphia Inquirer (the
major
> paper in Philadelphia) is preparing a full page article on Barbone Street,
complete
> with color photos and interviews at the venue. It will appear on Sunday,
December
> 15, in the Arts & Leisure section so I'm told. Paul will be on that one
too and
> hopefully get some press. The reporters told me they are getting tired of
doing
> artists like Andrew Wyeth and James Wyeth and a bunch of others. They are
grateful
> for the chance to drink some beer, or single malt and write about the
"Lively
> Arts". ;-)  (wait till they see our beautiful, young, audience)
>
> Go Philadelphia.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
> Barbone Street Jazz Band
> http://home.earthlink.net/~barbonestreet/
>
>
>
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