[Dixielandjazz] Suitcases - Was Washboards & Drums

[Mike C.]

I have to disagree with that. They said the same things about saxophone 
originally. The saxophone was a novelty instrument until Coleman Hawkins 
came along and look what happened. Now you can hardly hear a jazz melody 
without the saxophone playing the melody.


>> Nothing against washboards or washboard players. They can be used to 
>> great
>> effect on certain novelty tunes . . . but they are just that, a novelty
>> instrument.