[Dixielandjazz] List of Tenor Sax Players

[J. D. Bryce]

I liked Eddie Miller's stuff.  Mellow sound, clear direction on his
improvisations.

I read somewhere that he was an alto player and his bandleader wanted to
switch him to tenor.  So the bandleader gave Miller the night off to go and
listen to Freddy Martin on tenor. I don't know whether the story is true,
but I see very little Martin influence on Miller.

Eddie was featured on Pete Fountain's "The Blues" album of 1960.  That album
featured a slue of Bob Crosby alumni.  Eddie also played with the Pete
Fountain ensemble in the 1980's and 90's.

Jack Bryce

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charlie Hull" <charlie at easysounds.com>
To: "Jack Bryce" <brycejo at comcast.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 11:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] List of Tenor Sax Players


> 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
>
> _______________________________________________
> To unsubscribe or change your e-mail preferences for the Dixieland Jazz
Mailing list, or to find the online archives, please visit:
>
> http://ml.islandnet.com/mailman/listinfo/dixielandjazz
>
>
>
> Dixielandjazz mailing list
> Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com