[Dixielandjazz] Crossover Jazz Musicians

[Randy Fendrick]

Kind of reminds me of that old movie, "The Gig"  So many of the folks 
that follow dixie are unwilling to listen to anything else so they have 
no idea how good many of these players are.  I saw Watrous several 
weeks ago and he was talking about when he and Rosewell Rudd were 
exchanging dixie gigs in New York during the early 60s.  He was saying 
that was were he got his roots and there are many of us out there that 
did and do that.
later,
rf
On Feb 5, 2005, at 12:15 AM, Steve barbone wrote:

> It's 2:42 AM and I just got back from a 3 hour Dixieland gig where we 
> booked
> bassist Charles Fambrough. (a very modern jazz player). The regular 
> bassist
> had a problem so Charles was it. And was he ever IT. 30 year career 
> with
> folks like McCoy Tyner, Art Blakey, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Roy
> Hargrove, Roland Kirk, Max Roach, Horace Silver and many others and 
> many
> other "modern" Giants as well as classical training, a great love for
> Brazilian Jazz, and numerous composer credits. He is also currently 
> teaching
> at Muhlenberg College between International Tours.
>
> What a complete gas. Reminded me of the DJML threads wherein some folks
> didn't think the bass player should solo, or that Dixieland cannot be 
> played
> by "modern" guys. The nay sayers should have been there to see/hear 
> him.
> What a great bottom he laid down for us front liners.
>
> Woo Wee, he blew our minds. And any thoughts that a competent jazz 
> musician
> would have any trouble with either 2 beat, or 4 beat Dixieland. Or any
> thoughts that the bass player shouldn't solo, or use amplified bass or 
> all
> those other picked nits.
>
> Man oh man, even after a 2 and a half hour drive home, I am still wired
> about how beautifully he played and how quickly he heard the changes on
> tunes he never played and/or had just a passing knowledge of. One In 
> Chorus
> of a tune like Dr. Jazz and he KNEW it cold. Man, he sure gets around 
> his
> axe.
>
> Solos? WOW
>
> Repeat! Woo Wee. What a complete gas.
>
> For a treat , google search for Charles Fambrough and check out his 
> career
> credentials.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
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Randy Fendrick,
Southside Chicago Seven
Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra