[Dixielandjazz] Long Songs

[Stephen G Barbone]

> Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote
>
> Jack Mitchell wrote:
>> These may not be YOUR KOM, but they are certainly mine - Buck  
>> Clayton's Jam Session with ROBBIN'S NEST and THE HUCKLEUCK, each  
>> taking up one side of a 12" LP. Marvellous.
>
> Dear Jack,
> I've got that LP. And the Mosaic reissue CDs of 'The Session'.
> Same length, musically, as the Mezzrow I mentioned earlier.
> I like, but never play the Claytons.
> I wonder why?
> 8>)
> Kind regards,
> Bill.

Dear Bill & Jack

I owned that Clayton record that Jack refers to but haven't listened  
to it for at least 45 years. However, I can recall from memory  
different solo parts and strains from "Robbin's Nest" (as well as from  
"Hucklebuck") as I write this. I loved that LP. It was, for me, a very  
powerful swinger with the musicians each saying something important.  
The solo lines from Robbins Nest were among the first I transcribed  
and copied as a young wannabe, before I learned not to waste my time  
playing what had already been played.

So If ozmate BH doesn't listen to it, I can only attribute it to his  
being one eyed.

On the other hand, I can't remember Mezzrow ever saying much of  
anything to me, which must mean my Mezzrow ears are deficient. For me  
there is a world of communicative difference between Mezzrow and Pee  
Wee Russell. (see BH's earlier post on that)

Ah well, that's what makes horse racing.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband