[Dixielandjazz] Speaking of quotes

[Stan Brager]

Speaking of Louis Armstrong, there's the oft-told story about when he first 
joined the Fletcher Henderson orchestra in New York. At one of the first 
rehearsals, Armstrong was able to read it OK except that he was playing 
much to loud in certain passages. When Henderson asked him about playing so 
loudly in when the score was marked "pp".

Louis said, "I thought that pp meant 'pound plenty'." ('another rimshot)

'nuff said.

Stan
Stan Brager
Trombonist-in-Training

-----Original Message-----
From:	Bill Gunter [SMTP:jazzboard@hotmail.com]
Sent:	Tuesday, October 08, 2002 8:39 PM
To:	charliehooks@earthlink.net; dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com
Subject:	[Dixielandjazz] Speaking of quotes

Hi Listmates,

Speaking of quotes ("Not enough to hurt my playing," etc.) I'm sure there
must be others that fall into the "amusing" category. Here's one, probably
apocryphal, that I think is funny:

An orchestra member says to the conductor who has just admonished him about 
dynamics:

"Waddaya mean 'Dynamics'? I'm playing as loud as I can!"  (rimshot)



Respectfully submitted,

Bill "Dynamic Washboard Player" Gunter
jazzboard@hotmail.com

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