[Dixielandjazz] New Armstrong biography/ Two beat

[D and R Hardie]

Hi Fred,
               Its catch 22. Neither is absolutely correct. If the 
clarinet and cornet are right way round then the guitar is not and vice 
versa. Louis pointed out that the keys on the clarinets  should be on 
the right hand end of the picture i.e. on the clarinet the  the 
player's left hand is at the top of the instrument.  This is what I 
called correct but that leaves a left handed guitar. The other way is 
impossible for the clarinets and cornet. It has been hypothesised that 
the photographer posed guitar and bass to suit his idea of composition. 
  There is no evidence of the string players being left handed. On the 
contrary, later photos of Jimmy Johnson having him bowing  right handed.
              There was a series of articles by Kurt zur Heide in New 
Orleans Music about this and an earlier one I think in  Jazz Journal  
by Wm.Schaeffer. (I stand to be corrected on the latter and some list 
member my be able to supply the facts) Don Marquis  took a bet each way 
and published both versions in In Search of Buddy Bolden. As a 
clarinetist I chose the one showing them and the cornet keys right way 
round.
  I don't know if that helps.
best wishes
Dan Hardie
http://tinyurl.com/nqaup

On Tuesday, December 26, 2006, at 02:20  PM, Fred Spencer wrote:

> Dan,
> It's confusing! Which is the right way round? Does that mean that the 
> guitar player has his right hand strumming the strings and his left 
> hand on the frets--the so-called usual or normal distributiion? > Thanks.
> Fred
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "D and R Hardie" 
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> To: "Bob Loomis" <miltloomis at yahoo.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 5:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] New Armstrong biography/ Two beat
>
>
>> Hi Bob,
>> Louis Lince seems to have answered your question about the Bolden 
>> Band.
>> The photo Louis refers to  is on my Loudest Trumpet  web page - the
>> right way round! Most jazz Bands in New Orleans appear to have  used
>> the guitar until the 1920's, when the banjo became popular. It is
>> strange because historically the banjo was the instrument of the 
>> slaves
>> - even the street bands in New Orleans employed guitarists like Brock
>> Mumford, not much evidence of banjos.
>> regards
>> Dan Hardie
>> http://tinyurl.com/nqaup
>> On Monday, December 25, 2006, at 02:34  AM, Bob Loomis wrote:
>>
>>>     Regarding the Buddy Bolden Revival Orchestra,
>>> when I visited the Web site, I noticed that you
>>> have a guitar in the mix. Wouldn't Bolden more
>>> likely have had a banjo? Not trying to be a smart
>>> ass, just curious as to why the guitar was in
>>> there. Thanks!
>>>
>>> Bob Loomis
>>> Concord CA
>>>
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