[Dixielandjazz] Whistlers

[Steve Barbone]

How can we talking heads not mention Ron McCroby?

"Correspondents to the rec.music.bluenote newsgroup have reported the
passing of Ron McCroby, a clarinetist and saxophonist active in the Ohio and
Utah areas. He was best known for his whistling, which his wife described as
follows: "He didn't whistle like a bird or anything like that, he whistled
like an instrument, like a flute or piccolo. He used to tell people he
played the puccolo -- coined from the words piccolo and pucker." He recorded
for the Concord label."

He was a clarinetist. He passed in 2002 at age 68 and was the m subject of
an NPR program back then. I saw him whistle "Line for Lyons" many years ago
and he was superb.

And there was "Dr. Horatio Q. Birdbath" whom the cognoscenti know. Did get
up to speed and a bunch of the Great Jazz whistlers, see:

http://www.thewhistler.com/

While there, check out the Mp3 of "The Saints Go Marchin In". Banjo, Bass
and whistler doing melody in 3rds, plus some improvisation.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone