[Dixielandjazz] John Gill

[Daniel Barrett]

Dear Mr. Baker, and DJML,
 
I just saw Mr. Baker's post about John Gill.  Mr. Baker is of course reporting Mr. Erdos's side of things. I"m sure John Gill would have his own perspective about that session.
 
I have known John for years; I met him when was working with Turk Murphy's band. Years later, in 1996, we both played in Woody Allen's New Orleans Jazz Band (led by banjoist Eddy Davis) on Mr. Allen's European tour. Someone told me later that we'd played twenty-nine cities in thirty-three days! Well, during all that time, John Gill was unfailingly cooperative, and what I would consider  to be a perfect, professional sideman.
 
i wish I could say the same about myself!
 
John has never seemed "eccentric" to me--not that that's a bad thing--any more than any of us out here trying to make a living playing in various anachronistic jazz styles might be called "eccentric."
 
Anyway, I'd give John a break. He's earned it.
 
Respectfully,
 
--Dan Barrett
Costa Mesa, CA

 
> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:22:34 -0400
> From: djml at dickbaker.org
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] John Gill
> CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> To: danpbarrett at hotmail.com
> 
> 
> >I discovered John Gill when he made a record for Stomp Off in 1984 
> >-- he was a real genius, but pretty hard to deal with, reported Bob 
> >Erdos. Just eccentric, I guess.
> 
> I remastered that 1984 LP a few years ago and have put the sound 
> files (as MP3) and graphics on my web site at
> 
> http://dickbaker.org/Gill/
> 
> Just point your browser at it and download the files - or just listen 
> to them off the site.
> 
> 
> --
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> Dick Baker
> djml at dickbaker.org
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