[Dixielandjazz] Back to basics, please!

[dingle at baldwin-net.com]

Enough, already!!
This morning I had 31  posts in my mail from the list. 22 were rehashes 
of the bad pun-turned-jingle-turned-nostaliga subjects -- which has 
taken up the majority of space in this JAZZ list for too many days. My 
delete button has begun to look shabby from overuse. So if I may voice 
my curmudgeon viewpoint at this time, may I suggest that enough is 
enough, folks, and it's time to return to the purpose of this list -- jazz.

To break the string, I will  ask this: Whatever happened to Chuck 
Mackay. Wonderful trumpeter in the Charlie Teagarden style that worked 
with some west coast bands and made a few recordings on Jump Label. He 
worked for several years with my father, Red Ingle, but sort of dropped 
off the radar in the years since. He had a wonderful lyrical style 
refelcting his affection for Charlie T,  with whose family Chuck was 
partly raised in Texas. Last I heard he had been selling insurance in 
New York State somewhere, but that was hearsay. Anyone have anything 
about this unsung but very tasty player?
Don (c'mon gang, let's get back to basics) Ingle