[Dixielandjazz] Thoughts on 'Dixieland'

[Charlie Hooks]

on 4/7/03 11:07 PM, Dan Augustine at ds.augustine at mail.utexas.edu wrote:

> Therefore the best dixieland occurs in ensemble playing, not solos.  Dixieland
is a collaborative endeavor.

    Exactly.  Jim Beebe and I have always agreed that the soul of Dixieland
is the ensemble.  And IMHO there is no better ensemble player than Beebe.

Charlie