[Dixielandjazz] Did Red Nichols play a mouthpiece solo?

[Bob Romans]

Hi Listmates...I got these two messages off of the TPIN...very interesting!
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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 16:54:32 -0400
From: "Thomas Powers" <tom.powers at adelphia.net>
Subject: [TPIN] Question on Red Nichols recording
To: "'Trumpet'" <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
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I recently heard a recording of "Roses of Picardy" with Red Nichols on
Cornet. It sounded like Nichols played his solo on the mouthpiece. Anybody
else heard that recording? Is that what was going on there?

Thanks, TOM

M. Thomas Powers
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Middletown, OH 45044
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Message: 19
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 21:42:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Paul McCue <trumq at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [TPIN] Question on Red Nichols recording
To: Thomas Powers <tom.powers at adelphia.net>, "'Trumpet'"
<tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
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If it's the same version I have, that's Adrian Rollini (sp?) playing the 'hot fountain pen'-a sort of miniature clarinet which he invented, or was invented for him.  Rollini would have been playing bass sax through the rest of the tune, so that would have dropped out during the hot fountain pen solo, to be replaced by trombone or mellophone.
   
  Bass Sax, mellophone and hot fountain pen.  You just don't see that combination of instruments much anymore...
   
  Regards,
   
  Paul