[Dixielandjazz] Straight Ahead Jazz

[Tony Davis]

Thanks Fred.  We're off to Spain for a week in a few hours, so I'll leave
discussion of the early Melody Makers until we return - it's a rich and
fascinating field of study.

Cheers,

Tony.
--
Tony Davis
Trumpet/Cornet
Zenith Hot Stompers/Kaminsky Connection/Harlem
Aston, Oxfordshire, UK
www.tony-davis.co.uk

----- Original Message -----
From: "fred spencer" <drjz@bealenet.com>
To: "Tony Davis" <tony@tony-davis.co.uk>; "DJML"
<dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Straight Ahead Jazz


> The explanation is that Robert S Gold misquoted his reference - it was
nothing
> to do with me, which is why I always try to use material where I am able
to cite
> the source of any quote I use. Is there another page close to p. 24 from
which
> it could have come? Having said that, I think Gold should perhaps be
forgiven if
> there are a few errors in the 3,000 or more excerpts quoted in his book. I
think
> many jazz authors will tell you how easy it is to make mistakes - I know
from
> experience in writing my own book, "Jazz and Death. Medical Profiles of
Jazz
> Greats", how true this was during the course of several reviews by the
press and
> impartial referees. You are fortunate to have a 1926 "Melody Maker" to
read, I
> wish I had. All the best.
> Fred
>