[Dixielandjazz] Charlie Parker

[Stephen Barbone]

Hi Mike:

Of course. Ken Colyer and your band are those "couple of exceptions" that I
mention below. Than goodness he listened. Pity some others didn't.

Cheers,
Steve

Mike Durham wrote:

> Steve Barbone wrote:
>
> >Perhaps if UK trad musos had listened to more Parker, the world would have
> >avoided all that "awful British Trad" (only kidding, VBG ;-), not including
> >the
> >couple of good bands)
>
> Steve, you won't of course know this, but the arch-proponent of awful
> British Trad, the late Ken Colyer, listened to Parker (and Condon, and
> Tatum, and a lot more besides) both on records and on his visits to NY as a
> seaman in the years just after the war - in fact, he greatly admired Wild
> Bill. Didn't stop him playing the way he did, though. And a great many of
> the awful British Trad players I know, self included, are not violently
> averse to bop (but just don't get me started on Albert Ayler- or Kenny G!).
> Point is, I'd rather spend time talking about (and playing) the music I DO
> like than running down the music I don't.
>
> Awfully tradly, but English rather than Britishly yours,
>
> Mike.
>
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