[Dixielandjazz] Re: Better Players

[john petters]

David said
> Unfortunately, the younger people in OKOM (myself
> included) never had the chance to hear Louis live. All
> we have heard of Louis is from scratchy LPs or CDs
> made from 70-year-old masters.

I never heard Louis live, but I can hear that tone and phrasing. Blaming
recording techniques is not the answer.


 Early microphone
> technology just didn't capture his sound. I can hear
> the phrasing and timing but the "glistening sound" of
> his horn just doesn't come across in the recordings.
> It makes it harder for us to fairly compare Louis with
> today's performers who make digital recordings that
> can capture so much more of a performance to tape...
> or should I say "hard drive."

Not so - the Hot Severn recordings are in good fidelity. Moving onto the 50s
and 60s the sound is Hi Fi - what more could you desire.


John Petters
Amateur Radio Station G3YPZ
www.traditional-jazz.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Livingston" <snargi01 at yahoo.com>
To: <JimDBB at aol.com>; <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Better Players


>
> >   Cripes...do I have to keep repeating myself.
> > Nobody, dead or alive can
> > play Louis Armstrong's classic solos ( say West End
> > Blues or Potato Head Blues)
> > with the same phrasing and timing.  many have tried
> > and all failed.
> >
> >   You are assuming because one may seem to have the
> > technical facility, that
> > he can easily crack off an Armstrong solo.  But you
> > are overlooking
> > Armstrong's masterful phrasing and timing, and that
> > glistening sound.  those things
> > cannot be duplicated.  As you said your self, the
> > hard part is the fire, the
> > feeling...these guys don't have it.
> >
> > If I had 1000K I would place it out there for anyone
> > who could duplicate an
> > Armstrong solo to the satisfaction of a small and
> > select group of judges.
> >
> > Jim Beebe
>
>
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