[Dixielandjazz] Trombone players who can both read & fake

[Steve Barbone]

"Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis"
 
> The problem Ginny is the almost age old one - If they can fake they can't
> read and vice versa.  People who can do both well are generally in demand
> and somewhat rare.  Most musicians fall on one side of the fence or the
> other.  Personally I feel a whole lot stronger on improv than I am in
> reading and as I get older reading becomes even more problematical.
> 
> Many of the young whiz kids are dynamite readers but take the paper away and
> you might as well have twisted a key off their horns.  Most of their improv
> comes right out of a book and just doesn't flow because they don't learn how
> to make it flow.  Doing arrangements on the fly is also becoming a lost art.
> I doubt seriously if they will find a group that can do both.
> 
> As you know trying to find someone who can do both has been the problem in
> my never ending quest for a trombone player.

Dear Larry:

You need to move East. :-) VBG

We have scads of trombone players who can read and fake with the best of
them. Played with one yesterday in beautiful downtown Warbasse NJ. . . Jim
Fryer who is a monster reader, monster faker and monster singer.

Others here include Glenn Dodson, Herb Gardner, Clint Sharmin, Herb Roselle,
Clarence Watkins, Brian Priebe, Pete Pepke, Pete Reichlin, Jim Parker, Dave
Sager, and a bunch of others who if they read this, will please forgive me
for leaving them out. (Not to mention Rick Knittel who lives in the boonies
of Maine, "outside" the NY-Philly-Wash D.C. area)

Experienced jazz improvisers all, any one of them could cut a cruise ship
gig without breaking a sweat. Why don't they? Because for them, cruises have
very little to offer in the way of either psychic or monetary benefits.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone