[Dixielandjazz] Couple of points - Woody & Hot Dance

Marek Boym marekboym at gmail.com
Sat Jul 5 13:41:12 PDT 2008


Couldn't agree more, Mike.   That's what I've always known about "hot dance."
Cheers

On 05/07/2008, M J (Mike) Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> I don't often disagree with my friend, Sr Barbone out on the Non-left Coast.
>  But now I will.
>
> I prefer Mr Tyle's take on "hot dance", as it accords with my own spin on
> the vast majority of 1920s records and CDs I have in my overloaded library.
> I remember very (and I mean VERY) early on in my OKOM life, understanding
> that the only reason one of Sam Lanin's 300+ pseudonymous bands could even
> be considered "hot" was that Red or Miff or someone of equal ilk went wild
> on a solo, and that was it.  Nearly every time, after the solo everything
> went back to societally acceptable "dance" material.  All this to point up
> the fact that the only reason anyone bothered to spend 15 cents at his
> "newsstand every Thursday" on a Hit of the Week, was the hope that someone
> would show up with a solo worth listening to.
>
> I'm out of my league here, but I thought I'd chime in.
>
> M.
>
>
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