[Dixielandjazz] Jazz Violinists

[Harry Callaghan]

Charlie:

Since you brought up the subject of western swing and appear to be well
versed on the subject, I'm wondering if you are familiar with a group called
Ole Rasmussen and his Nebraska Cornhuskers.

Contrary to their name, they were actually a group based in California that
patterned itself
after Bob Wills' Texas Playboys.and recorded for Capitol during the 40s &
50s

Some months ago, a friend presented me with her deceased father's 45
collection and I came across a recording by Ole, it was Duke Ellington's
"C-Jam Blues".  While I was again listening to it a little while ago, I
realized it was later turned into "Let Me Off at Duke's Place"
It's pretty scratchy but what a terrific interpretation of Duke's
composition.

I looked to see if I could come up with other material by him on Amazon but
the only CD shown was a little rich for my blood.  However, they offer a
decent selection of MP3s that can be downloaded at 99 cents each, a few of
them also being Ellington compositions, so
I'll probably be going that route.

And then, we also can't forget 2006 Texas Independent Gubernatorial
candidate Kinky Friedman (19% of votes cast) who had a group he called the
Texas Jewboys.

Tides
HC


On 4/9/10, Charlie Hull <charlie at easysounds.com> wrote:
>
> I'll probably get some flack from the purists, but am compelled to point
> out that there are many excellent jazz fiddlers in the western swing field,
> depending on how you want to define Jazz. (Let's not go THERE.)
>
> Excellent improvisation, knowledge of jazz standards, and definitely
> swinging. Among the living, Johnny Gimble is one of the better known. He and
> Herb Ellis recorded together. Paul Anastasio from the Seattle area is
> another of the many jazz 'fiddlers' relatively unknown to the jazz
> community. Among the deceased are several Bob Wills alumni who could hold
> their own in a swing jam session; Jesse Ashlock, Joe Holley, Lou Tierney,
> etc.
>
> If you listened to the clip of the Time Jumpers posted by listmate Bob
> Newman, you'll get an idea of the swinging skills of western swing fiddlers.
>
> Gotta speak up for western swing, the other jazz.
>
> Charlie Hull
>
>
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