[Dixielandjazz] 10 Representative Dixieland Recordings

James Butler jbutler6 at twcny.rr.com
Sat Jul 8 08:21:28 PDT 2006


Maybe it's my ears but I never heard any Teagarden in Dick Kaart!

Cees van den Heuvel wrote:
> In the Netherlands the influence of the Dutch Swing College Band was 
> so prominent
> that I thought that was the way trad should be played. I heard the 
> "originals", but then
> thought the were "sloppy". It took me a lot of years to realize that 
> the Dutch "originals"
> were based on the real originals. E.g.: Dick Kaart (trb) was a 
> Teagarden clone, Dim
> Kesber an Omer Simeon clone etc. After that I started exploring the 
> real originals. After recording
> a duet with Wild Bill, I found out what this jazz form was all about.
> Conclusion: listnen to the originals and base your own style on them, 
> not on the watered
> down copies. Therefore I don't like British trad: a copy of a copy of 
> a copy. Ducking......
>
> Cees van den Heuvel
> http://www.revivaljassband.nl
>
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