[Dixielandjazz] Leonard Feather

[JimDBB at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/17/2003 11:06:09 AM Eastern Standard Time, TBW504 writes:

> 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
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   Yes...for better or worse, I am that same JB.  Perhaps you can offer some information on Feather before he came to the States. Was he known there?  Did he offer up he same poison pen vitriol there?

   Jim Beebe