[Dixielandjazz] "Living in a great big Way - Tommy Dorsey

[william price]

For what it's worth, I worked with George  Brunis at the 1111 club in
Chicago  for several months in the early 50s. and he said several times that
Dorsey was one of his favorite jazz trombonists    Bill Price
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike" <mike at railroadstjazzwest.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] "Living in a great big Way - Tommy Dorsey


>     I think that Dorsey really was a jazz trombonist like the others you
> mentioned. His style was different.
>   Just like Teagarden's style was different from Kid Ory's and Miff
> Mole's was
>   different from J.J Johnson's. There isn't a right or wrong jazz improv
> solo. You say what you have to say and if people like it good, if not
> then oh well. He was an excellent phraser as you previous said and often
> played like a vocalist would sing.
>
>
>
> > Perhaps a view that there are "jazz musicians" and there are "musicians
who
> > also play jazz". Dorsey falls into the latter category if one agrees
with
> > that line of reasoning. Simply stated, if Dorsey was not much of a jazz
> > improviser, some are reluctant to call him a "Jazz Musician".
> >
> > Maybe splitting hairs, but I agree with Levinson that Dorsey was not a
jazz
> > trombonist in the sense that e.g. Ory, Teagarden, Mole, J.J. Johnson,
Cutty
> > Cutshall, Kai Winding, Curtis Fuller and all of the others were/are.
>
>
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