[Dixielandjazz] Re: Faster and higher than Louis

[JimDBB at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/14/2003 2:55:33 PM Central Standard Time, 
barbonestreet at earthlink.net writes:

> Yes, Clifford Brown was a much better trumpet player, as are many today.
> Face it folks, the conceptions of jazz, the breadth of the language, the
> complexity, change very day. And the players get better and better. No
> point living in denial.
> 

  I understand what you are saying and I put my position out there a little 
bluntly to stir up some action.  But I stand by what I said.  Clifford Brown is 
not a 'better' trumpet player.  I doubt that he would be able to play Louis's 
choruses with the same timing and phrasing...and the same tone.  Wynton 
Marsalis can't play them.

  Jim Beebe