[Dixielandjazz] Fw: N.O. jazz, Chicago jazz, New York jazz

Ulf Jagfors ulf.jagfors at telia.com
Wed Apr 9 08:45:00 PDT 2008


 Hmmm
 Very strange post indeed
 Do you really mean that the black N.O musicians had no influence on the
 Chicago style. Sounds like me to be the same idea that the white invented
 the banjo, or have I completly misunderstood something here?
 Ulf

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Marek Boym" <marekboym at gmail.com>
> To: "Ulf Jagfors" <ulf.jagfors at telia.com>
> Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 4:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] N.O. jazz, Chicago jazz, New York jazz
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>> To say the truth, I believe the differences irrelevant, if really
>> existing.  however, theoretically, at least, New Orleans was a
>> "collective" style, with breaks rather than solos.
>> Chicago was the style developed by the "Austin High" gang, even if
>> some of them never attended taht school, nor were real Chicagoans.
>> These include Frank Teschmaker, Bud Freeman, Mezz Meaarow, Jimmy
>> McPartland, Muggsy Spanier, Joe and Marty Marsala, Eddie Condon, and
>> later - Pee Wee Russell, Jack Teagarden  and Wild Bill Davison.  Their
>> playing was much more soloist oriented, and they sometimes replaced
>> the trombone with tenor sax, or used both.  Perhaps Bix, too, should
>> be included, as The Wolverines recorded in Chicago (actually -
>> Richmond, Indiana).  Black jazz from Chicago was referred to as "South
>> Side Chicago."
>> New York, too, was a "white" style, supposed not to be as hot as
>> Chicago, its best known representatives being Red Nichols, Miff Mole,
>> Phil Napoleon, Joe Venuti, etc.
>> Of course, in fact, they all blended together, as New York recordings 
>> show.
>> I hope this slightly clarifies the issue.
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>> On 09/04/2008, JDut953944 at aol.com <JDut953944 at aol.com> wrote:
>>> Could someone explain to me the difference between the three?  I was 
>>> asked
>>> that question yesterday and I didn't have a clue, except I know that 
>>> N.O. was
>>> first.
>>>
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