[Dixielandjazz] Steve Brown - and Bass Ale Blues

[Scott Anthony]

The issue of the San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation "Frisco Cricket" 
has a 5 page article devoted to Joe Tarto by Brian Nalepka. All members 
should be getting theirs in the mail in a few days.

Scott Anthony, editor

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David M Richoux" <tubaman at tubatoast.com>
To: <santh at comcast.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Steve Brown - and Bass Ale Blues


> On the only early version of Bass Ale Blues I have, the tuba (not  string 
> bass)  break is credited to Joe Tarto (The Titian of the  Tuba) .  It is 
> on a double LP release with the Tennessee Tooters, The  Hottentots (Red 
> Nichols and Friends) and Memphis 5, and on a special  Joe Tarto tribute 
> album.
>
> As for Bass Ale being in the 1920s USA (during Prohibition) I can't  find 
> anything useful - my usual beer experts fail me on this one!  Maybe it was 
> brought in from Canada?
>
> Dave Richoux
>
> On Nov 4, 2009, at 5:37 PM, Marek Boym wrote:
>
>> Speaking of unearthing nice music - how about Bass Ale Blues by the
>> Original Memphis 5, with a brass bass break by Miff Mole?
>> Brings us back to the beer thread, but this time with a clear jazz 
>> connection.
>> How did those Americans come to know Bass Ale, anyway?  Rather good
>> ale, don't you agree?
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>> On 05/11/2009, ROBERT R. CALDER <serapion at btinternet.com> wrote:
>>> Yes, Marek, and Steve Brown was around for long enough that there  might 
>>> be reasonable hypotheses about his having influenced players  who 
>>> weren't white, quite apart from his merits as a bassist and a  musician.
>>> I didn't see any light until the 1950s but beside a precocious  interest 
>>> in Acker Bilk I did have some ancient 78s to hand and on  the other side 
>>> of one from a track by Nathaniel Shilkret and his  Orchestra there was 
>>> and still is "Slow River" by Goldkette with a  rhythm section of the 
>>> same order as the famous one Wellman Braud  starred in, the lovely 
>>> little bowed surges finally being replaced  by the pluck and slap of 
>>> Steve Brown. Even on some Goldkette tracks  which Ken Mathieson tells me 
>>> he couldn't listen to without a  vododeo filter there are some wonderful 
>>> dynamic dancing phrases  evoked by the hands of Steve B.
>>> Nice music to unearth this time of an evening. Something for the 
>>> stressed man's heartbeat to aspire to.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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