[Dixielandjazz] Woody Allen

[Don Robertson]

Well stated Mike,  Pretty much sums up my feelings about Woody. (except 
for the mail order bride part  :-)   )  I've been listening to "The Bunk 
Project" and find Woody's playing adequate, but not great.

Don Robertson

M J (Mike) Logsdon wrote:
>> Can anyone point me in the direction of New Orleans clarinetists on 
>> record
>> who sound as awful as Woody - re awful I mean absolutely diabolical.
>
> Mr Harvey!  Your opinionated slip is showing!
>
> But I respect you too much to say you are not entitled to your opinion.
>
> I like Woody's playing.  But I'll be honest about it.  His vibrato is 
> MASSIVE.  When the man plays one, he's playing three, notes.  That 
> takes some getting used to.  If one is willing.  When he starts his 
> concerts with saying "We'll try our best" or something to that effect, 
> I think that on some level we need to believe him.  And maybe his best 
> is a vibrato you could stick a cattle prod through it's so wide.
>
> And I think I've said before that regardless of his playing, it is 
> clearly his personal reputation that colors a lot of what's been said 
> here to his detriment.  He is certainly one of the weirdest people 
> ever to walk this planet.  But after watching "Wild Man Blues" (the 
> soundtrack for which I finally downloaded at Amazon last night), I can 
> say that if I could afford a mail-order bride as cute his (I know his 
> is not mail-order; I remember the news), I'd look as happy as he does, 
> in a heartbeat.
>
> Something that hasn't been mentioned, at least in a few years, is the 
> probable reason we even have a famous Woody Allen band, and such fun 
> trashing him on DJML.  The following from the "Bunk Project" liner notes:
>
> "Turk Murphy insisted that Woody sit in with his band and encouraged 
> him to perform more in public."
>
> Maybe on May 30 of each year, we need to both fondly remember St Turk, 
> AND flip him a Woody Allen-related bird?
>
> Thus endeth the Lesson.
>
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