[Dixielandjazz] Nat Gonella

[Jack Mitchell]

OK, Nat Gonella may not be everyone's idea of a great jazz trumpet player, 
but he idolised Louis, and I'm sure that he brought many Brits (and others - 
many of his discs were issued in Australia and elsewhere) to get into jazz. 
What's wrong with that?

Also he should be evaluated for what he did in the time that he did it - the 
thirties, when jazz appreciation and knowledge were quite different to what 
they are today.

And why is he criticised for being influenced by Louis, when so many others 
are praised for so being?  Like Jack Purvis, Humphrey Lyttelton, Bob Barnard 
and probably every trumpeter playing OKOM around the world today.

Best wishes
Jack Mitchell