[Dixielandjazz] Italians Invented Jazz

[Stephen G Barbone]

On Jul 28, 2010, at 4:05 PM, Marek Boym wrote:

> Italians might have, if we were to believe Nick La Rocca.
> But you do not possess that new Orleans "Italian" sound.
>
> Which reminds me - for many years I had believed that Irving Fazola
> was of Italian, or at least - Latin origin.  I was wery disappointed
> to find out otherwise.

Dear Marek:

What? You were disappointed to find that Faz was of Polish descent? He  
was a great player, wonderful; sound. Very wild guy who lived life to  
the fullest and died young because of it. <grin>

Kenny Davern was a great admirer of Fazola.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
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