[Dixielandjazz] Pancho Villa

[jazzchops at isp.com]

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>Hello folks,
>If the subject hase caused you to think of people wearing sombreros
>and shooting big guns - forget it!
>In a dixcography I have, as well as in the liner to my recently
>acquired LP by Seeger Ellis and His Choir of Brass, the clarinet
>player is identified as "Pancho Villa" (in the liner - Irving Fazola
>or Pancho Villa).  This seems too much!  Have you got any idea who was
>hiding under taht pseudonym?  I can't hear much difference between the
>two clarinet players, but, as my acquaintance with Fazola is mainly
>through Bob Crosby's old recording, I cannot identify him as such.

I was told by cornetist Danny Alguire that clarinetist Pancho Villa was a
real person who played in the LA area in the 1930s and 40s. Alguire played
with Benny Strickler (who played with the Segar Ellis band) in Bob Wills'
band.

Cheers,
Chris Tyle



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