[Dixielandjazz] Leonard Feather

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I've just read a piece in JazzBeat by Jim Beebe excoriating Leonard Feather. 
Is this by any chance the Jim Beebe who posts to DJML? If so, congratulations, 
sir! I've long held a very low opinion of Master Feather and it was salutory 
to read such a comprehensive exposure of his nastiness. From the late 1940s 
those of us in Britain who were unaware that it was not possible to enjoy both 
George Lewis and Charlie Parker (or Jelly Roll Morton and Bud Powell) became 
increasingly glad that the scumbag Feather had quit these shores for America. I 
usually try to follow the example set by Marcel Joly and rarely bad-mouth 
other humans but for Feather I make an exception.
Brian Wood