[Dixielandjazz] Horizontal - Vertical - etc. The Gunter Queries

[Steve barbone]

Don Ingle at dingle at baldwin-net.com wrote: (polite snip)
 
> Vertical jazz -- played by a 16-piece band on a  stand meant for no more
> than eight. With no room for chairs, the players had to cram tightly in
> what can only be described as a musical blivet.

Yes, a fine example of this was Woody Herman's Band, spread out across the
ledge behind the bar at the Metropole in NYC circa 1950's. Drummer in the
middle, 7 guys on each side of him. They were standing vertically, but then,
was this horizontal because they were so spread out single file? Perhaps a
mixture of the two?

Anyway, the music was loud and incredible to those of us bellied up to the
bar for a single malt, or two, or three.

Cheers,
Steve