[Dixielandjazz] George Lewis

Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:29:58 EDT

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In a message dated 9/10/02 9:27:38 AM Central Daylight Time, 
brian.harvey5@ntlworld.com writes:

> . The sound it created whilst not being as new as I had
> previously thought (see below), was totally different to anything being
> played at that time. If you listen to the bands of Sharkey and others in
> NO - and Kid Ory - you see the difference. Everyone else was playing
> Dixieland - in that context the Lewis sound was new. 

   and Georg Lewis was not playing 'Dixieland?'   I understand 'Dixieland' 
jazz to denote the original polyphonic-counterpoint form of jazz and this is 
certainly what George Lewis was playing...including the same reportoire that 
every 'Dixieland' group played.  I had the good fortune to spend 3 days in 
New Orleans in 1951-52.  I was underage but had a good fake ID card.  I heard 
all of the bands in French Quarter night clubs...Sharkey, George Lewis, the 
brand new Dukes of Dixieland, Tony Almerico, Papa Celestine, Leon Prima and 
others.  I love them all, in particular, Sharkey and George Lewis.  Sitting 
in a bar, right in front of the George Lewis band was absolutely captivating. 
 They were rough hewn but the beat they had, the ensemble feel that rolled 
along getting hotter as it went along, Lewis' s magical counterpoint lines 
weaving around the ensembles,  Jim Robinson's snapping trombone and Kid 
Howard...they turned me into believers.  But the other bands were equally 
good, playing much the same repertoire with their own touch.

The original George Lewis band as he took it over from Bunk Johnson was very 
special and was never the same when replacements started coming in.

Jim Beebe

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<HTML>In a message dated 9/10/02 9:27:38 AM Central Daylight Time, brian.harvey5@ntlworld.com writes: 
 
 
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">. The sound it created whilst not being as new as I had 
previously thought (see below), was totally different to anything being 
played at that time. If you listen to the bands of Sharkey and others in 
NO - and Kid Ory - you see the difference. Everyone else was playing 
Dixieland - in that context the Lewis sound was new. </BLOCKQUOTE> 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp; and Georg Lewis was not playing 'Dixieland?'&nbsp;&nbsp; I understand 'Dixieland' jazz to denote the original polyphonic-counterpoint form of jazz and this is certainly what George Lewis was playing...including the same reportoire that every 'Dixieland' group played.&nbsp; I had the good fortune to spend 3 days in New Orleans in 1951-52.&nbsp; I was underage but had a good fake ID card.&nbsp; I heard all of the bands in French Quarter night clubs...Sharkey, George Lewis, the brand new Dukes of Dixieland, Tony Almerico, Papa Celestine, Leon Prima and others.&nbsp; I love them all, in particular, Sharkey and George Lewis.&nbsp; Sitting in a bar, right in front of the George Lewis band was absolutely captivating.&nbsp; They were rough hewn but the beat they had, the ensemble feel that rolled along getting hotter as it went along, Lewis' s magical counterpoint lines weaving around the ensembles,&nbsp; Jim Robinson's snapping trombone and Kid Howard...they turned me into believers.&nbsp; But the other bands were equally good, playing much the same repertoire with their own touch. 
 
The original George Lewis band as he took it over from Bunk Johnson was very special and was never the same when replacements started coming in. 
 
Jim Beebe</HTML>

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