[Dixielandjazz] Re: High notes and Poll

[Patrick Cooke]

Leslie....
      You're right about Maynard.  I saw Stan Kenton's band live in the 49's
when Maynard was a youngster with the band.  At that time, he could actually
play up there with enough control to play an actual melodic line in the
stratospheric register....But not too long afterward, it seems he
deteriorated into just squeaking out meaningless high notes that he had lost
the ability to even sustain.
      Pat Cooke


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <LeslieMRag at aol.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 3:12 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: High notes and Poll


> Hi:
>
> Mark me down as one who finds really high notes distasteful and painful.
Just
> because someone can do it doesn't mean he/she should. Maynard Ferguson may
be
> a fine musician but he's not one I find appealing due to the screamers he
> produces. I can take high notes from Louis Armstrong because he was
intrinsically
> so musical, and Kenny Davern is one of the few musicians who can pull off
> high notes on the clarinet without me wincing, but mostly I think high
note
> players are just showing off at the expense of the music. Ditto for piano
thumpers.
>
> Also, forgot to let you know that there's a new poll on The Mississippi
Rag
> web site. This one's on drummers. To vote, just log onto
www.mississippirag.com
> and click on "Online Poll."
>
> Leslie Johnson
> editor at mississippirag.com OR
> lesliemrag at aol.com
>
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