[Dixielandjazz] Fwd: Humph

[Marek Boym]

Hi Pat,
At least Kathy was not cool!  And if the band was "cool," how could
any player in it "give Kathy Stobart a run for her  money?"  To me,
it's either jazz or cool, never both!
Humph might have gone back to cool - I don't know!  I have not seen
Humph for a long time.  But his "Trad" band of the later 1940's and
early 1950's was, IMO, among the best bands in jazz's history.  I
played a blues EP by Humph to a friend who knew his jazz inside out,
and he could not believe it was a white band, although that explained
his failure to identify the musicians.
Cheers,
Marek
On 07/09/2007, pat ladd <pj.ladd at btinternet.com> wrote:
> But later he became "penitent" and returned to swing, with BruceTurner (the
> "dirty bopper" of Manchester), Kathy Stobart, and variousother excellent
> musicians>>
>
> Hi Mark.,
> I seemed to have missed the `middle years`. This group, very good musicians
> every one and a girl sax player who may give Kathy Stobart a run for her
> money were really more `cool` than `swing`. Not to say that they didn`t
> swing, they did.  I have played the CD I bought  through twice in the last
> couple of days and I am afraid it does nothing much for me.
> A pleasant evening nevertheless. One joke of Humphs made me laugh.
>
> One guy says to another `Have you ever shoed a horse? (Unfortunately the
> difference between `shoed` and `shood` ,as in Shoo! go away, is not obvious
> in the written word. Try reading it ouit loud.)  The other guy says `No. But
> I said Piss off to a pig once.`
>
> Cheers
>
> Pat
>
>