[Dixielandjazz] Roswell Rudd - was left handed musicians

[Steve Barbone]

on 9/1/06 7:52 PM, Randy Fendrick at jfendrick at bak.rr.com wrote:

> Steve and others:
> Bill Watrous likes to tell of he and Roswell Rudd sharing dixie gigs in
> the New York area during the middle 1960's.  This was about the time
> that Bill went on the, I think, the Merv Griffin show.  I could be
> wrong about the show, but it was from New York and Jack Sheldon was a
> regular on the show doing what Jack does.
> later,

Could be, as he loved the genre. But by 1961 Roswell had recorded in NYC
with Cecil Taylor, Archie Shepp, Billy Higgins, Clark Terry and Steve Lacy
(another bopper who started as a Dixielander).

He chose to progress because the music was there. (like high notes) :-) VBG.

By 64 he was recording Monk tunes with Lacy.

His more current recorded offerings include:

Splasc(h) 841/842 I CDx2  2002
Herb Robertson-tp,pkt tp; Roswell Rudd-tb,cond,euph; Roberto Ottaviano-ss;
Tiziano Tononi-perc,arr,d,gong,bata,okonkolo,talking d,log d; Luca
Bonvini-tb,slide tp; Piero Leveratto-b; Paolino Dalla Porta-b; Giancarlo
Schiaffini-tb; Roberto Cecchetto-g; Giovanni Maier-b; Renato
Geremia-fl,vln,as,ss; Lauro Rossi-tb; Daniele Cavallanti-bs,ts; Achille
Succi-bcl,as; Sandro Satta-as; Riccardo Luppi-fl,as,ss,ts,picc; Beppe
Caruso-tb,tu,shells; Piero Ponzo-cl; Luca Calabrese-tp; Gianluigi
Paganelli-tu,shells

Roswell Rudd's Malicool-Toumani Diabate 
EmArcy 014 801-2    F    CD Bamako, Mali, Studio Bogolan     1/21/2001 
Roswell Rudd-tb;    Toumani Diabate-kora;    Lassana Diabate-balophone;
Basseko Kouyate-ngone;    Henry Schroy-b;    Sayon Sissoko-g;    Sekou
Diabate-djembe;    Mamadou Kouyate-voc;    Dala Diabate-voc

I tried to see him in NYC earlier this year with his "Monksieland" program
which was a mixture of Thelonious Monk's ideas and Dixieland Style, but had
to gig in Philly. He is exciting to hear.

So much music, so little time.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone