[Dixielandjazz] Corollary to Top Ten Facts of Life for Playing in Clubs and Restaurants

[Ken Mathieson]

Hi Marek,

Normally I'm not a great accordion fan either, but in the hands of a real 
musician (like Jack Emblow), the Stomach Steinway is worth hearing. His 
playing on Martin Taylor's Spirit of Django CDs is astonishing, especially 
on "Sweet Sue". So astonishing in fact that the presenter of a BBC Jazz 
programe in Scotland recently back-announced that track by saying "..if 
Oscar Peterson had played the accordion, that's exactly how he'd have 
sounded." Try and hear those Spirit of Django tracks: they've got fantastic 
Martin Taylor guitar and the marvellous Dave O'Higgins on saxophones as well 
as Jack playing hs socks off. It's not Dixieland or be-bop; just wonderful 
music.

Cheers,

Ken Mathieson
www.classicjazzorchestra.org.uk

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marek Boym" <marekboym at gmail.com>
To: "Ken Mathieson" <ken at kenmath.free-online.co.uk>; 
<Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 11:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Corollary to Top Ten Facts of Life for Playing 
in Clubs and Restaurants


> Hello Ken,
> Great story.
>
>
>>the British big band that was put together for a
>> Goodman tour of northern Europe.
>
> Probably the best band BG had in many years, at least - the one I've
> enjoyed the most after the BG Story band.  I have other late BG big
> band recordings, but none to match that band.  And McLevy's solos are
> so good that "ace" seems like damning with faint praise!
>
> Martin Taylor gave a solo concert in TEl-Aviv many years ago, and I
> still cannot get over the first impression whenever I listen to my
> recording thereof.  I'm only sorry that the tape ran out before the
> end.
>
> I'm not a great Accordion fan, though.
>
> Cheers
>
>
>>


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