[Dixielandjazz] Pops Foster, Bird, Dizzy and Trane

[Robert Ringwald]

Thanks Steve.  

I cannot imagine Foster working with COLTRANE..  

--Bob Ringwald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen G Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "Bob Ringwald" <rsr at ringwald.com>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 2:05 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Pops Foster, Bird, Dizzy and Trane


> >
>> "Robert Ringwald" <rsr at ringwald.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Steve barbone wrote: Pops? Foster's solid bass fiddle playing  
>>> provided the beat for jazz
>>> legends from 'King' Oliver to Charlie Parker.
>>      (snip)
>>
>>
>> Steve, I am curious.  When did Foster play or record with Charlie  
>> Parker?  Must have been in Parker's very early years, before he got  
>> into Bee-Bop?
>>
>> BTW- I had the pleasure of knowing pops and working with him several  
>> times.  A nicer guy you would never meet.
> 
> Dear Bob:
> 
> I was quoting Jim Cullums Riverwalk jazz program which said Pops  
> played with Charlie Parker. I think their source was his autobiography  
> where Pops says the following: (page 194)  (capitals below are mine to  
> highlight the reference)
> 
> " I used to play at Mintons in New York before Dizzy Gillespie and  
> Charlie Parker worked there. I was fronting a little group when Teddy  
> Hill took over the management. Teddy was sore at me, and so he fired  
> my band. I PLAYED WITH
>  DIZ AND CHARLIE; both of them were great. Diz could do all that  
> crazy stuff on his horn, and then stop and play a whole lot of  
> trumpet. He'd do more crazy stuff on his horn than anybody. Diz and  
> Charlie started all that stuff they're doing today. It was a symphony  
> kind of music. Those two guys didn't overdo it, and they were the best  
> that played that kind of music. Charlie used to drink a lot but, but I  
> never saw him take dope. Diz always loves to get me to sit and talk to  
> him about the old times."
> 
> Teddy Hill took over Mintons in late 1940 and at that time, Bird (and  
> Diz) were playing Bebop. (Kenny Clarke, perhaps the first bebop  
> drummer had been in a small group with Diz in 1939 where they first  
> formulated the genre)
> 
> Even more astonishing perhaps is the below excerpt from Jazz  
> Encyclopedia.com. (once again the Caps are mine)
> 
> "In addition to his work with Hines, Foster worked consistently with a  
> number of small groups and pick up bands, primarily in the traditional  
> New Orleans style, though he did at one time perform with tenor  
> saxophonist JOHN COLTRANE. . ."
> 
> Seems old Pops got around. <grin>
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
> 
> 
> 
> 
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