[Dixielandjazz] Struttin w/some BBQ

[Marek Boym]

I try to avoid agreeing with Steve, but in this case I just cannot!
Cheers

On 20/11/2010, Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> On Nov 20, 2010, at 3:00 PM, dixielandjazz-request at ml.islandnet.com
> wrote:
>
>> From: Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> "Jess" wrote
>>
>> Anton Crouch wrote [in part]:
>>> the issue ..... is Armstrong's metamorphosis into the "great
>>> soloist" at the expense of the ensemble. Armstrong is brilliant on
>>> all 6 sides from December 1927 but the other four players give the
>>> impression of just going through their paces. Also, does anyone
>>> think that adding Lonnie Johnson to the group improves it?
>>> When Armstrong returned to the studio in June 1928, things were
>>> different - Ory, Dodds, Hardin and St Cyr were gone and he was in
>>> the company of Earl Hines. Brilliant, yes, but is it art?  :-)
>>
>> Dear Anton,
>> After reading the above, Bill retired to his bed with an attack of
>> near-apoplexy with the doona pulled over his head.
>> He is still and bed, refusing breakfast and mumbling something about
>> "Barbone, yes, but not Anton."
>> I am sure that when he recovers from the shock, he will reply to
>> your outrageous denigration of the Armstrong Hot Five records.
>> Even I know how great they were, after being force-fed the music
>> from when Bill started taking me out when I was only sweet sixteen.
>> With love and best wishes,
>> Jess [Haesler]
>
> Dear Jess:
>
> When Bill re-emerges from his doona cocoon, please tell him that I
> never found anything Armstrong did so unworthy  as to suffer the
> slings and arrows of Anton's denigration. From Hot 5 to Blueberry
> Hill, it is all art in my ears.  <grin>
>
> Cheers and Best wishes to Bill for a speedy recovery.
>
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
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