[Dixielandjazz] KIng Olivor on melody

[JimDBB at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/21/03 8:48:54 AM Central Standard Time, 
cellblk7 at attbi.com writes:


> It seems like I read somewhere that L. Armstrong said he was told by Oliver
> that listeners should always be able to follow the melody in your solo,
> hidden a little, but not too far away!
> Bob R.

   What a great statement.  The King was right on and this should be tattooed 
on every jazzman's left forearm.  " hidden a little but not too far away."

   Jimdbb
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://ml.islandnet.com/pipermail/dixielandjazz/attachments/20030121/993c3585/attachment.html