[Dixielandjazz] Cornet/Trumpet

[Tony Davis]

Hi Perry,

I don't have time to research this fully at the moment, but to take a
specific case:  on the historic recordings by Lee Wiley of Gershwin songs
Max is listed as playing trumpet, but (as well as the aural evidence) one of
the photographs in the CD insert, taken at the session, clearly shows him
playing a Conn Victor cornet.

In the wonderful collection of photographs by Charles Peterson under the
title "Swing Era New York", there are several shots of Max.  At a rehearsal
during the autumn of 1938, again rehearsing in January 1939, at a jam
session in August 1939 and recording in March 1940 he's playing cornet.  At
Jimmy Ryan's in November 1941 and at a Carnegie Hall concert in January 1942
he's playing trumpet.

Of course the fact that he played one or the other on a specific occasion
doesn't mean that he was playing that instrument all the time - he may have
switched from one to the other depending on the line-up of the band or his
mood at the time.  And I can't say for certain from listening to a record
which instrument he was using - we've had this discussion before on the list
and I side with those who say the sound depends more on the player than on
the horn.

Regards,

Tony.

--
Tony Davis
Trumpet/Cornet
Zenith Hot Stompers/Kaminsky Connection/Harlem
Aston, Oxfordshire, UK

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Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Cornet/Trumpet


> Gang,
>        As long as we are on this Cornet/Trumpet kick------I would almost
bet
> the farm on the fact that Maxie Kaminsky played a Cornet MAINLY, but was
> rarely listed as such!
>        Any of you REALLY old timers (like me) able to shed any light on
> this??
> Perry
>
> LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL
> LAISSEZ LES BON TEMPS ROULER
>