[Dixielandjazz] Soul and feeling in solos...

[Robert S. Ringwald]

>> Bob Romans cellblk7 at comcast.net wrote:
>>
>> > OK...Green Dolphin Street is not THAT bad...but...too many notes....is
>> this
>>> a contest of some kind? WHO can put the MOST notes into a jazz solo??
>>> Bix, Red Nickols, Louis...how would THEY treat this one? Bunny B, Billy
>>> Butterfield...Dean Nelson???
>>
>>
>>
>I responded:

> They would have loved it.


Bob Romans then responded:

> Speculation...
> I loved a lot of it too, but I still maintain that there were too many
> notes sometimes! Bobby Hackett? What would he say? There was a great
> musician who could say SO much with just a few notes...


Bob Ringwald responds:

hackett was a master at using a lot of notes without being cluttered.  He
played beautiful patterns from within the chord structure.


Romans continues:

> I would be interested in asking the whole list, who, among all of the
> great cornet/clarinet/trombone/piano players, put the most FEELING into
> their solos, with the fewest number of notes????
> Romans, in Lodi



Bob Ringwald responds:

Louis Armstrong of course, no contest.