[Dixielandjazz] Mosaic Records Box Set Bix, Tram and Big T

[Jack Tracy]

  Ron L. wrote:

  I'm much more a fan of early Louis than Bix but I do enjoy Bix.  I think the
  most telling description of Bix's playing came from Eddie Condon when he
  said that the sound of Bix's tone was like a girl saying "yes".

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  Condon's description was cute and brings a smile, but it does nothing to describe Beiderbecke's SOUND, which Richard Sudhalter did so beautifully in his book on Bix (which I do not have at hand).

  As I recall, Dick likened it onomatopoetically to a mallet striking a copper gong with as lovely a choice of words as Whit Balliett  ever put together to depict a jazzman's sound. Obviously I have never forgotten it, and I wish I had it in front of me now.

  Jack Tracy