[Dixielandjazz] Bass players

[Phil O'Rourke]

> As a guide to how good bass players can sound - unamplified - even on
> relatively primitively recorded sources try Pops Foster with the "This Is
> Jazz" series on Jazzology. Baby Dodds on the same series is also an object
> lesson - no ride cymbal - no hi hat but superb driving rhythm and
wonderful
> press rolls. Vol 4 tracks 15 & 16 with Bechet are particularly impressive.
> Brian Harvey

Brian and others

Of course you couldn't hear a hi hat with Baby Dodds. He never used one.

Phil O'Rourke
Australia