[Dixielandjazz] Blacks Don't Like Dixieland? Utter Nonsense

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Charlie Hooks wrote:

>
> On Thursday, July 14, 2005, at 09:58 AM, Steve barbone wrote:
>
>> BTW, 8 hours of gigging in one day? No problem for any of us since we 
>> have
>> been working 25 to 30 gigs a month since April. We are curious just 
>> how long
>> we can play now without leaking air. Even me, who has gone up to a 3 
>> & 1/2
>> strength Van Doren Reed with my wide lay 5JB mouthpiece. They 
>> recommend a 1
>> & 1/2 or 2 strength reed and in March I was using a 2.
>
>
> Interesting sidelight: I also use a 5JB wide lay (ever since Davern 
> recommended it), although when I was all those years on the road with 
> the Celebration Road Show and playing every day and most nights I was 
> using a glass O'Brian and a #4 LaVoz clipped.  So I thought my chops 
> were up to anybody's.  Ah, pride goeth before a fall...
>
> Jerry Fuller always got a great sound, and in Chicago back in 1978 I 
> got to try his horn.  All air.  No sound at all, not even a squeak.   
> Turned out Jerry was using a fibercane reed that he'd found a reed 
> clipper to clip.  It was like trying to blow a steel wedge.  Jerry had 
> no problem with it at all.  The guy is a freak!  He modeled for the 
> big guy in James Bond movies with the steel teeth.  Except that with 
> Jerry it's the lips!  I haven't heard him now in some time, but I'd be 
> willing to bet he still has those chops.  Humiliat'n...
>
> Charlie Hooks
>
>>
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> Jerry was a student of Matty Matlock. Jerry would come down from Santa 
> Maria for hsi lessons, and I would wait in the living room with Lura 
> or one of the other Matlock siblings until Jerry  had his lesson and 
> then I'd go in for my arranging lesson. Jerry and I talked about this  
> and our being as Lura Matlock called us, "Matty's other kids," We sat 
> down at the Sacramento fest and recalled the warm human being and 
> great player that Matty was shortly after Matty died and both uof us 
> big macho men were close to tears. What a fine player MAtty was, and 
> you can hear a little of Matty's influence in Jerry when he does a 
> slower ballad. The warmth was transferrable fro sure. Don Ingle