[Dixielandjazz] Nat Gonella

[Marek Boym]

I beg to disagree.
Based on my listening over the years, my impression is that he was an
excellent, instinctive jazzer.
I listened to the same tunes played by Harry Roy and by Gonella, and
the latter's were hot and swinging.
His post-war recordings may have been of lesser stature, but still pretty good.
But then, de gustibus non disputandum est.
BTW, I love the current programme.
Cheers

On 16/01/2010, Brian Harvey <brian at radiojazz.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> Nat Gonella was an average trumpet player who made a name for himself in the
> UK by imitating Louis.
> He had very little creative ability but was a good show business personality
> and cabaret artist.
> He was by no means a real jazz musician.
> Brian Harvey
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com]On Behalf Of Marek Boym
> Sent: 16 January 2010 21:25
> To: Brian Harvey
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Nat Gonella
>
>
> Dear Bill,
> If we all agreed on everything, it would have been a very dull world!
> Regards
>
> On 16/01/2010, Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> > Marek Boym wrote [in part]:
> > > I know some (not all) of the early Gonella recordings.  Yet, his big
> > > band was a swing band, and could match any American band, with the
> > > possible exception of Basie, Ellington and Tommy Dorsey (when not
> > > playing the lachrymose ballads).
> >
> > Dear Marek,
> > Mmmmmmm.
> > Also debatable.
> > Very kind regards,
> > Bill.
> >
>
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