[Dixielandjazz] Re: the best solo in jazz

[Dan Augustine]

    I second the motion on T's "Lover" solo, but there's another trombone solo i can still remember and occasionally whistle in its entirety (if of course i have sufficient bottles of the proper kind of 'moisture' to whet it).  My friends and i in the mid-1950's would laugh and shake our heads in amazement every time we heard Lee Gifford's trombone-solo in "Fight the Team" (or is it "Across the Field"?--whatever, the Ohio State fight song), on Billy Maxted's "Need It Be Named?" LP.  It had amazing dexterity, high range (ending with rapid notes on a high F), and a recognizable structure and direction to it.  Still one of the best i've ever heard.
   
    Dan
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>From: r h r <rhr261@yahoo.com>
>Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 13:28:52 -0800 (PST)
>i don't like to pick a "best" (impossible, i believe),
>but two of my favorites immediately come to mind.
>  armstrong - swing that music  (have any of you heard
>duke heitger's tribute to louis on this? - we can no
>longer hear satch live, but, happily, we have duke)
>  teagarden - lover (just about the entire record is
>his solo)
>  bob rubin

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