[Dixielandjazz] Bix's Tone and Jazz as Entertainment

[Hal Vickery]

I take it you're referring to Skokiaan.  That was exactly my reaction.
There are also videos on YouTube of the family band where Ulf takes a rather
interesting "drum solo" (but it's broken up into two parts), and one where
Max juggles while the big band is playing.

It's not just a family, it's not just a band, it's a vaudeville show!

Hal Vickery

-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Peters [mailto:jonpeters5 at comcast.net] 
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 1:17 AM
To: Hal Vickery
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Bix's Tone and Jazz as Entertainment

Wow!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hal Vickery" <hvickery at svs.com>
To: "Jon Peters" <jonpeters5 at comcast.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 9:21 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Bix's Tone and Jazz as Entertainment


>I have to admit that since the links to the YouTube videos of Gunhild
> Carling's bagpipe rendition of "Amazing Grace" and her rendition of Kid
> Ory's "Muskrat Ramble" solo at age seven, I've become hopelessly enamored
> with her playing, and I've found another couple of videos of her on 
> YouTube
> that fit into these topics.
>
>
>
> This first video basically is the way I hear Bix's tone.  It's a cornball
> arrangement of a cornball song (written by Gunhild's father, Hans 
> Carling),
> and maybe that's why it reminds me of Bix.  On so many of those Whiteman
> records he just exploded out of the ensemble and made the whole thing
> worthwhile.  As I said, her tone here is exactly the way I hear Bix, for
> what that's worth.
>
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TYwjlID8BI
>
>
>
> This next video of "Skokiaan" to me is a tour de force of jazz as
> entertainment.  This was recorded when Gunhild was 18.  That's her brother
> Max on clarinet, Hans on piano, sister Gerd on t-bone, mom Aina on banjo,
> and brother Ulf on drums.  To me it's both entertainment with a capital E
> and great jazz.  (At least the people I've shared this with have been
> impressed!)
>
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQZqWM9Hcas
>
>
>
> Hal Vickery
>
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