[Dixielandjazz] Link to Bill crow's article-To Russia Without Love

[Norman Vickers]

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To:  Musicians list and DJML
From:  Ken Dryden via Norman

Ken Dryden, jazz writer from Chattanooga,  sends this note with link to Bill
Crow's long article about the trip to Russia with Benny Goodman

Thanks, Ken. 


-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Dryden [mailto:Ken-Dryden at utc.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 10:45 AM
To: nvickers1 at cox.net
Subject: Re: Jazz Ambassadors from NYT

Norman:

I think that I sent you the link to Bill Crow's To Russia Without Love (a
memoir of a horrendous tour with Benny Goodman, though it is a scream as
well!). Here it is:

http://www.billcrowbass.com/Writing/To%20Russia.htm

After reading it, there should be no doubt as to why many musicians who
worked with Benny Goodman despised him.

Ken Peplowski is a rare exception.

Regards,

Ken Dryden
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Norman writes:  Yes, I think that guitarist Howard Alden and Dan Barrett
were also in that last band Benny organized for the TV special.  These
younger guys were grateful for the interest Benny showed them.  Also, I
don't know but suspect that Benny had mellowed by that time and was thinking
about his legacy.
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