[Dixielandjazz] Re: Multiple choruses - was notes

[Jack Tracy]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike C." <mike at michaelcryer.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Multiple choruses - was notes


> Personally, my feeling is that you can't compare contrasting styles, and
> you don't get more different than Prez and the Hawk. Cutting contests
> prove nothing other than letting the crowd get their fix. Furthermore,
> Prez and Hawk played together in Prez's family band(Run by his father)
> when they were kids, so I doubt seriously that one was suprised by the
> others playing.
>
> Mike

Mike: I have read a great deal about the Young family band, and have asked 
Lee Young questions about it  several times, but not once have I ever seen 
or heard that Coleman Hawkins played in it.

Could you please elaborate a little on this and offer a source or two?

Thanks

Jack Tracy