[Dixielandjazz] Jimmy Yancey

[BSimp57584 at aol.com]

believe me, I'm not putting Yancey down


 
Many happy Saturday nights were spent in Jimmy's apartment, down by the  
White Sox ball park. What entertainment: Don Ewell, Little Brother Montgomery,  
Jimmy's playing and Mama, singing the blues. I met Don Gibson and his beautiful  
wife, Taffy, there. Judge Jimmy's playing as you will, but what a fine  
gentleman. Around two or three in the morning, he'd shepherd my brother Howard  and 
me through the milling hordes to the el station. To keep us alive, he'd  say.
One night, I sat beside Little Brother on the sofa. I guess, resenting my  
skin color, he gave me an elbow to the ribs. After trading a few shots, Chippy  
Hill intervened and dragged him away. Even that episode was rather colorful, 
and  fun, in a way.
In sum total, the Yanceys were wonderful, gracious people, and the music,  
exciting. What fine memories.    bob  simpson