[Dixielandjazz] Leaders and instructions

[Patrick Cooke]

Too much of anything is.....too much.  I guess it depends of the sensitivity
and/or personality of the players and the leaders.  I have to admit I
haven't played for an irritating leader in a long time, but I remember one
leader I worked for some years ago.  I just had to quit...he was a
relentless nit picker.  If he been a better musician, I may have had more
respect for him, but I just couldn't deal with him any more.  It was
laughable at first, but it did get tiresome after a while.
    Pat Cooke


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Augustine" <ds.augustine at mail.utexas.edu>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 7:27 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Leaders and instructions


> DJML--
>      If as seems the case a leader has the right (and the duty) to
> tell the drummer what kind of stuff to play, does he also have the
> right to tell the clarinet and all the other players what to play?
> Does he tell the clarinet player not to play in the low register, or
> what?  What kind of instructions does he have?
>      Do some leaders (as i suspect Turk Murphy was) want a very
> specific kind of sound from each instrument, even to the extent
> sometimes of not including an instrument in the band (Turk sometimes
> didn't use drums, which at the time he felt had a 'dead' sound)?
> What kind of instructions might be given to the tuba (i have a
> special but forgivable curiosity about this)(like, only play ON the
> beat, no fills or runs, no high notes)?  Does too much of this cause
> excessive band-member turnover?
>
>      Dan
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