[Dixielandjazz] Sax vibrato

John Farrell stridepiano at tesco.net
Sun Aug 14 09:57:46 PDT 2005


J.D writes:

>I doubt this section would have flown.  Hodges' vibrato was so wide that
he'd probably have driven Desmond nuts.>

I have never cared for Bud Freeman's habit of using very marked vibrato at
the end of every long note he plays, indeed I find it rather annoying. To my
ear he is more of a dance band musician than a jazzer.

John Farrell
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