[Dixielandjazz] Marsalis/Blakey and My Ship.

[Stephen G Barbone]

Caution may not be OKOM except for Mart and me. <grin>.

Hi Mart:

You meant his one? <grin>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=179eWrw8ZzM&feature=related (part 1)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppjtiw2IeNc&feature=related  (part 2)

I prefer them on this song. (Little Man):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqtnVkIYFNw

I really like the bass player on these, Charles Fambrough. He is from  
the Allentown/Bethlehem PA area and a year or so ago I was a sideman  
in a Dixieland Band up that way with him on bass. He was extraordinary  
in that he did not know the tunes, but had the changes down pat after  
one chorus and swung his ass off. A real professional in every sense  
of the word.

Blakey is another favorite of mine. Both for his drumming and his  
dedication to giving a leg up to young jazz musicians. Though like  
John Petters, I am not always a fan of the hard bop offerings of some  
of his bands.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband



On Apr 18, 2009, at 5:13 PM, macjazz wrote: (about John Petters not  
liking Blakey)
> If you can find the Blakey tape with a very young pair of the  
> Marsalis brothers, it is worth it just for the very nice, long set  
> on Gershwin's tune "My ship."  The song was never my favorite before  
> I heard this set.  I went out and purchased the DVD and do play it  
> on a regular basis.
>
> Mart
>
> Martin D. McKay, (Designated Listener)