[Dixielandjazz] Buddy Bolden

[D and R Hardie]

Hi Anton,
Thanks,  I shouldn't rely on my ageing  memory before writing to the 
list.  I checked. It was 1939  not 1940  and C.E Smith not Charters. I 
have a copy of the Saturday Review Article (March 16 1957) in which 
Smith reports his interview with Cornish in preparation for the writing 
of Jazzmen.I can't understand why Don M thought it would cause 
insoluble problems if it were discovered.
I thought Brian's ellipsis quite clever.
Cheers Dan Hardie
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On Friday, May 19, 2006, at 06:19  PM, Anton Crouch wrote:

>
> Hello all
>
> I don't know whether Brian Harvey was being elliptical or not, but it 
> would
> be unwise to dismiss his comment on a Bolden recording out of hand. 
> And,
> yes - I'm the arch sceptic.
>
> Don Marquis ("In search of Buddy Bolden", 1978) provides a (relatively)
> recent starting point - a report of a comment by Willie Cornish to 
> Charles
> E Smith in 1939. Dan Hardie discusses this further in "The loudest
> trumpet", 2001.
>
> Incidentally, Dan's recent DJML post says "Around the 1940's Wil. 
> Cornish
> who played trombone with Bolden  told Sam Charters  the band had made a
> recording on wax cylinder." Dan's reference in "The louderst trumpet" 
> is
> the same as Marquis' - Smith (1957). Dan, who did Cornish talk to?
>
> I agree with Don Marquis "That the cylinder was made is quite 
> believable;
> that it is gone forever is even more believable ..." (p 44). Like Dan, 
> I
> disagree with Marquis when he says "...and perhaps preferable since its
> presence would cause insoluble problems." (Marquis, p 44; Hardie, p 
> 19-20).
>
> The most recent discussion of the issue is by Tim Brooks ("Lost 
> sounds",
> 2004, p 514 - 515). This provides further support for Brian's position 
> - a
> story by George Baquet and Alphonse Picou about a Bolden recording c. 
> 1906.
>
> It's not too difficult to be both sceptical and open-minded   :-)
>
> All the best
> Anton
>
>
>
>
>
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