[Dixielandjazz] Jimmy Cleveland

[Marek Boym]

OK,
But why?  I have heard too much of Cleveland over the years.
Sometimes, in the right company, he even sounded jazzy, but for the
most part - not.
But then, we've been through this before.
Cheers

On 30/08/2008, Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> >
> > Now, now James. Not even a smiley? Until Jimmy Cleveland's name came up as
> a DJML thread the other day, I  had never heard of him. And I've been
> listening to jazz from 1944-45 and very actively  involved as a
> discographer/collector with it, without interruption, since 1948. As the
> discussion progressed, I decided to check out the list of all   Mr
> Cleveland's recordings starting from his first in 1950 with Lionel Hampton.
> There are about 500 sessions!I then checked to see how many I had in my very
> extensive jazz record collection. The 1959 Billie Verves.So it looks as
> though, along with our mate Marek, I too don't know  "exactly what jazz is".
> 8>)
> > Very kind regards,
> > Bill.
> >
>
> Dear Bill:
>
> What? Not much Jimmy Cleveland in your collection? Little wonder since most
> of what Mr Cleveland put down is "modern jazz", but jazz never-the-less.
>
> Is your eye patch showing? <grin>
>
> Check out:  (NOT OKOM) but also MKOM
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUAfV7VtsCo
>
> Jimmy Cleveland, Bill Evans, pno;  Art Farmer, trumpet;  Gene Quill, alto; &
> Ed Thigpen dms.
>
> OR:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d50kGmSY2Gw
>
> (Hear Cleveland's improv at about 8 minutes in)
>
> Cannonball Adderely, Alto; Nat Adderly, tpt, Jimmy Cleveland, Mundell Low,
> gui; Billy Taylor, pno; Ed Safranski, bs; Ed Thigpen dms.
>
> Jimmy Cleveland was IMO a monster trombonist who followed the stylist
> advances of J. J. Johnson.
>
> Clips are from an early TV program entitled "The Subject Is Jazz". Circa
> late 1950s. Produced by pianist Billy Taylor.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
>
>
>
>
>
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