[Dixielandjazz] Jim Cullum Band trombone opening

[David Richoux]

WOW!

I wish there could be a thread on this topic from tuba/doublebass  
players somewhere that would get into that much valid discussion ;-)

(The tubaeuph list at Smartgroups some of us DJML tubists are on has  
been been as fast as cold molasses for several months and OKOM  
players are a minority there and on other tuba lists  - and I don't  
know anything about any string bass list...)

Dave Richoux


On May 8, 2006, at 7:17 PM, Graham Martin wrote:

> I have been very much interested in the debate coming out of the  
> trombone chair vacancy first mentioned on this list by Don Mopsick,  
> but which then became a topic in what you might think is a very  
> logical place, on the Online Trombone Forum:
>
> http://forum.trombone.org/viewtopic.php?t=23248
>
> It is now up to its 68th post and some members (perhaps including  
> myself) have been getting very upset with those jazz trombone  
> players who just don't seem to understand the requirements of the  
> chair - or, if it comes to that, 'any' trombone chair in a  
> Dixieland/Traditional band. Especially in a band I would put in the  
> category of playing what I recently saw described on this List as  
> 'modern' Dixieland. I hasten to point out that is my own assessment  
> of the band's style and not theirs.
>
> I would also confess to often using the online trombone forum as a  
> place to promote Dixieland jazz and liberally sprinkling posts with  
> my propaganda. Any help from trombonists on this List would be  
> greatly appreciated. I sometimes feel a bit outnumbered.
>
> As a trombonist and a big fan over the years of the Jim Cullum  
> Band, I have more than just a passing interest in who lands the  
> job. I will be even more interested to hear the results of the  
> selection process on future recordings.
>
> Grah