[Dixielandjazz] RE: Not just cornet players but....

[Burt Wilson]

Dear Don--
Send me $15 and I'll send you a CD of the Silver Dollar Jazz Band--which
loves to play the music of Watters and Murphy.

Burt Wilson


> [Original Message]
> From: <HotJazzSync933 at aol.com>
> To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Date: 7/22/03 1:52:21 PM
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] RE: Not just cornet players but....
>
>                 Bill Gunter reminded me of something:
> 
>     I personally do not like cornets when used incorrectly. I hate those
guys 
> who try to copy other cornet players and only come out with shit. I dont
mind 
> great cornet players like Wild Bill and Bix Beiderbecke, but none of
those 
> copycats sound like Bix or Wild Bill, so DONT TRY!
> 
>     I happen to love flugelhorn. I play trumpet, flugelhorn and other
stuff 
> and I love all that, and I do love cornets but for God sake play them
well! 
> 
>     I do not like valve trombones as much as regular trombones, but I'll 
> "okay" it. I love the soprano sax. I hate electric keyboards when they
are used in 
> a good band cause they just sound like absoloute shit. I hate vocalists
who 
> do bad impressions of Louie Armstrong, but if they do it well then we
should 
> let them. Probably my favorite band in the world is Lu Watters' Yerba
Buena Jazz 
> Band. There aren't many bands to my knowledge that try to reincarnate
them 
> except for the Bay City Jazz Band but they do a decent job. I wish there
were as 
> many people trying to copy Lu Watters as there are copying Bix and Wild
Bill. 
> 
>     If there is anything else I don't like please remind me and I'll
write a 
> new post. Have a nice day!
>                                     -DON ROGAN
>     
> 
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