[Dixielandjazz] Nat Gonella

[Marek Boym]

Hello Ivor,
In the days Gonella established his name, what they played was mainly
"swing" (later renamed "mainstream" in British jazz press, following
Stanley Dance).
A friend of mine has a CD by the Gonella band, and it swings like most
American bands.
Gonella's jazz instincts are the more conspicuous when compared to,
say, Harry Roy: when one listens to the same popular numbers played by
both, Roy often has that "dance band" feel, while Gonella swings his
ass off!  Never mind his jazz classics; just try "Three Little
Piggies!"
Cheers

On 15/01/2010, Ivor Jones <banjones at sapo.pt> wrote:
> Nat Gonella was one of the first British musicians to establish a major reputation as a jazz soloist.
> He became a household name in the decades between his emergence as a star in the 1930s and the
> end of the Trad Boom in the early 1960s, and remained active in music until the end of his life
> becoming a hugely popular draw as well as occupying a pioneering role in the development of jazz in the UK.
> I don't think that he played a lot of 'swing' Marek
> He was a Londoner and my father used to employ him for charity events he used to run for a London Busmens
> Health Fund. This was in the '30s. My first introduction to jazz. The terms of contract with my Dad included
> two bottles of good whisky. Later dad employed Harry Gold and his Pieces of Eight, with Ivor Mairants, he knew both men.
> These I met again later at some airmans camp celebration when I was conscripted into the Royal Air Force.
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