[Dixielandjazz] Multiple chorus solos

[dingle at baldwin-net.com]

Dick Miller wrote:

>dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com writes:
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>>I play a half dozen times a year with a monster of the alto sax, Daniel 
>>Huck.  He is the only musician with whom I play that has really mastered 
>>the extended solo.  He will do a feature each set and it isn't uncommon 
>>for him to take 5 or 6 forms on the tune.  But, I swear, it doesn't feel 
>>like 6 forms.  He develops a couple of small ideas and then plays them 
>>off of each other and the energy just goes up and up.  I don't know how 
>>many times I've played with Daniel where at some point in his solo, I 
>>think to myself; "ok, here comes the end because he can't go any 
>>higher."  But, then he does.  If you have never heard Daniel Huck, put 
>>him on your wish list.
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>I've got to put in my $.02 worth here for Paul Wolz, master of alto and
>bass saxes with the Uptown Lowdown JB of Seattle. He plays many other
>instruments as well, but these are the two he usually plays with the band.
>His alto work sounds to me a lot like early Johnny Hodges. 
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>On one of their recordings, Paul does 17 choruses on bass sax on "Avalon"
>without repeating an idea. Amazing! One of the truly nice guys in OKOM, as
>well.
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>--Dick Miller
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I second the good comments on Paul Woltz. I had the pleasure of working 
with him and also recording with him with the Sons Of Bix, and he is a 
giant player.
We had one set where our regular bass saxist  Russ Whitman went to tenor 
sax, clarinetist John Otto switched to the Bass Sax, and Paul played 
also. Then
Paul swtiched to Bass sax and Russ and Otto did two clarinets for part 
of a chorus. Imagine haveing three guys who played great bass sax on one 
band. On anotehr tune Randy Rinehardt grabbed my valve trombone and 
handed me his cornet and we did another round of switcheroo all over. 
Good thing our charts were marked with the right instrument to clue us 
back to normal. Well...sort of!
Indeed, Paul is a marvel. And way beyond being a nice guy -- he is a 
great guy and joy to work with. Wish it happened more often.
Don Ingle