[Dixielandjazz] Charlie Barnet and compilations

[Marek Boym]

The other day I was listening to my old reel-to-reel tape recorder.
one record ended, and the next one sounded like Ellington to me.  I
looked at the papar, and lo and behold - it was Barnet!  Even when not
so Dukish, the band still sounded much more like the  black rather
than white bands of the era.  I have several Bbarnet records, but,
always knowing what I was going to play, I've never noticed the
Ellingtonian flavour, except on numbers like "The Duke's Idea."

Has anybody ever noticed it?

I tend to skip compilations, and bur records devoted to a singe
artist/band instead.  Of course, records of artists and bands of old
often are compilations even when devoted to a single artist.
Yesterday, while listening to "New York Horns - Red Nichols and Phil
Napoleon" on French RCA double album, I could pay attention to the
differences between their various aggregations.  The album includes
some excellent Paul Whiteman numbers, much hotter and swinging than
some of those by the "jazz" groups.
Cheers