[Dixielandjazz] Alton Purnell

[Brian Harvey]

John Farrell wrote - Brian Harvey, using his grading formula for jazz
musicians
(soul/creativity), awarded Alton Purnell 80/20. You are being very generous
Brian - my clapometer registered 2/1.

You missed an ingredient John - the proposed formula was - 1 - technique;
2 - soul/creativity.
If you are correct about the man if must have been a pretty strange bar that
employed him in LA for some years.
Were all the clients musical illiterates or just deaf?
Brian