[Dixielandjazz] Ride Cymbals

[john petters]

Fred said
>"The Cymbals
Book" by Hugo Pinksterboer contains two pages of a ten page chapter on
"History", about ride cymbals, and says that Dave Tough and Gene Krupa
played a distinct part in its use, which practically did not occur until
after 1945. This is an extraordinary book. 

It is extraordinarily wrong on this matter. It occurred way before '45. I'm
listening to Dave Tough  with Bud Freemans Famous Chicagoans from 1940 and
he is certainly riding. Similarly, Zutty 1940 with Morton on the out chorus
of Good Old New York. Nick Fatool was riding with the Goodman Sextet at
Carnegie Hall (Spirituals to Swing Concert) in 1939. There are many other
examples - it fun rediscovering this music
Keep swinging
John Petters
Amateur Radio Station G3YPZ
www.traditional-jazz.com