[Dixielandjazz] Melodious Drummers

[Harry Callaghan]

Ken:

I know of what you speak.

People have been saying essentially the same thing about me for years, the
ability to "light up a room" just by entering it........or maybe it was
lighting up a room by leaving it?

Thanx for the confirmation.  Frankly, I was too lazy to go look at the album
but I will now do so in order to listen to "Boff Boff" and "Steakfan" and
Big Sid's solos.

HC


On 7/15/10, Ken Mathieson <ken at kenmath.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>
>  Hi Harry et al,
>
> Louis recorded it 18 times between 1947 and 1968 according to the Louis
> Armstrong Discography at
> http://www.michaelminn.net/armstrong/index.php
>
> I don't know any of the later versions, but the 1947 Symphony Hall version
> is a gas. There's clearly lots of "visuals" going on and Louis, Velma, the
> band and the audience are so obviously having a ball that it's
> irresistible, cornball or not. What is it about Louis' voice that causes
> everyone to break into a grin? When my kids were tiny they used to love my
> Armstrong records and are now cheering their own children with those classic
> Ella and Louis recordings. I guess its the sheer force of his genial
> personality that simply bursts out of the speakers that connects with
> everyone, whether they consciously like jazz or not.
>
> I got to know Benny Carter in the 1980s and he talked of Louis in
> awestruck  tones. He told me that of all the  musicians, entertainers,
> politicians, movie stars, movie moguls etc he had met over an 80 year
> career, nobody came close to Louis for his ability to light up a packed room
> and be the centre of attention without seeking it. If Louis was in the room,
> it just seemed to happen and everyone clamoured to get close to him. A
> genuine magnetic personality if ever there was one.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ken Mathieson
> www.classicjazzorchestra.org.uk
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Harry Callaghan <meetmrcallaghan at gmail.com>
> *To:* Ken Mathieson <ken at kenmath.free-online.co.uk>
> *Cc:* dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 15, 2010 10:42 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Dixielandjazz] Melodious Drummers
>
>
> Ken:
>
> Is that the same album where Satch and Verna Middleton did a duet on
> "That's My Desire"?.
>
> It was strictly cornball but I've always loved it.
>
> HC
>
>
> On 7/15/10, Ken Mathieson <ken at kenmath.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> Some drummers are great technical drummers and others are great musicians
>> whose instrument happens to be drums. Big Sid Catlett is an outstanding
>> example of the latter: his time was rock-solid, he phrased to support
>> soloists' and ensemble phrasing, he swung like the clappers and you can sing
>> great swathes of his solos on Boff Boff and Steak Face from the Armstrong
>> All-Stars' 1947 Boston Symphony Hall recordings. He was cited by both
>> Armstrong and Sidney Bechet as their favourite drummer because his playing
>> made it easy for them to play oin a natural unforced manner. Small wonder
>> then that Louis Armstrong remarked, on listening to several of his
>> recordings, that the swingingest records all had Big Sid on them.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Ken Mathieson
>> www.classicjazzorchestra.org.uk
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