[Dixielandjazz] Eddie "Gin: Miller

[Laurence Swain]

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    Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:04:10 -0700
    From: Charlie Hull <charlie at easysounds.com>
    Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] List of Tenor Sax Players
    To: Paul Edgerton <paul.edgerton at gmail.com>
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    Una mas

    Am I the only remaining fan of Eddie Miller? Hardly progressive, but an
    improvisor of pretty melodies around the original song structure. He said
    some beautiful things but never strayed so far from the melody and
    harmonies that you forgot what tune they started with. As near as I could
    tell, he wasn't trying to sound like anyone else, which is worth several
    points in his favor. You couldn't tell who he was "strongly influenced
    by...."

    Charlie Hull

Germain to next-to-nothing:

Do any listmates remember a performer from the 1950s named Eddie "Gin" Miller (a Brit, I 
seem to recall)?

He had a hit record here: "Lily of Laguna", that I both played, and learned from, and 
performed on the pianner, and could do again, in a heartbeat.

Larry Swain