[Dixielandjazz] C Melody sax, Jack Pettis, Ben Bernie film

[Marek Boym]

If you're a Pettis fan, I stringly recommend "Jack Pettis in Two
Volumes," an excellent double CD album on Kings Cross KCM 005/006,
which prbably includes all his recordings with his own bands as well
as other bands.  Sure, not everything is great, but very good for the
most part, and not too many of those awful '20's vocals.
Cheers,
Marek


On 17/04/2008, Charlie Coleman <charliew8fim at verizon.net> wrote:
> Hi Listees,   I had been thinking of posting something on Pettis when I saw the recent thread on the Ben Bernie film.  I've long been a fan of Pettis and wondered why he didn't get more attention.  I guess he stood in the very long shadow of Frank Trumbauer but Pettis was there at the beginning - with the Friars Society/NORK and later with other Irving   Mills groups as well as under his own name with Goodman, Teagarden, Lang, Venuti etc. I guess that his style is an aquired taste (like olives), but even Richard Sudhalter in his epic "Lost Chords" gives Pettis faint praise - "Pettis was available" and words to the effect that he was a capable player but never got past the bovine sound of the C-melody sax.  He dropped out of sight in the late 20's and made one final recording in the late 1930's which I've never heard.  I guess the parade had passed him by but I still treasure his recordings.
> Regards,  Charlie (MOO) Coleman
>
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