[Dixielandjazz] Trips on a Time Machine Funky Butt Hall

[Daniel Hardie]

Hi Ken
             Without a doubt I'd visit the Funky Butt Hall in Perdido  
St on a Saturday in 1900 to hear the Loudest Trumpet since Gabriel!
regards
Dan Hardie
http://tinyurl.com/nqaup

On 14/01/2009, at 12:11 PM, Ken Mathieson wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> The sound of people throwing their toys out of their prams has  
> become a bit tedious of late, so how about a light-hearted thread  
> about the music? In one of my recent posts on live vs recorded jazz,  
> I mentioned that the first trip I'd make if ever get my hands on a  
> time machine, would be to hear Armstrong Hot Five on its only public  
> performance in the Wabash Theatre in Chicago on 27 February 1926.  
> Given that most us prefer to hear bands playing live, and given that  
> Louis had set Chicago on fire after returning from New York, that  
> has the potential to be one of the most memorable jazz concerts ever.
>
> Some of my other visits would be to hear Armstrong's 1947 Symphony  
> Hall gig live and, being greedy, the Carnegie Hall concert a couple  
> of weeks beforehand - according Michael Minn's Louis Armstrong  
> Discography website it was recorded by RCA, the tapes are in their  
> vaults, but don't appear to have been issued. I'd also like to  
> attend some of the Bechet and Wild Bill recording sessions provided  
> I could take along my old pal Roy Williams. Roy used to have an  
> occasional nightmare in which he got a telephone call booking him to  
> play a session with Bechet and Wild Bill. He always woke up in a  
> cold sweat at the prospect, so it would nice to take him along to  
> see his face.
>
> Maybe some other listers would like to offer their time machine  
> choice(s). It's got to be more interesting and enjoyable than the  
> recent semantic wars.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ken Mathieson
> www.classicjazzorchestra.org.uk
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