[Dixielandjazz] Dixielandjazz Digest, Vol 54, Issue 54

[Butch Thompson]

About the "re-invented" Preservation Hall band reviewed in the NY Times, T.
Wiggins wrote: 

> I would venture to say this engagement was probably the best the band has
> sounded in fifty years, and maybe even EVER.

Sorry, Tom, but I have to protest.  The Hall opened roughly 46 years ago.
You didn't hear the band then.  I did.  By the same token, I didn't hear
(nor did you) the band reviewed by Ben Ratliff, and so I will not comment on
the quality of its performance.

Please do me a favor and refrain from evaluating music which you did not
hear.  

Thanks and all the best

Butch Thompson