[Dixielandjazz] Back to basics, please!

[Mike C.]

I understand your frustration, but let's be realistic here. A list such 
as this is like regular conversation. Sometimes people drift off topic 
quite frequently to topics that may or may not have anything to do with 
the original.

Mike



dingle at baldwin-net.com wrote:

> 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
>
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