[Dixielandjazz] Dead Man Blues - Jazz in Marciac 2011

[Ron L'Herault]

Very nice, indeed.

Ron L

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[mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kiser
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 1:08 PM
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Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Dead Man Blues - Jazz in Marciac 2011

I feel that talking of Wynton on this list is a little like talking of 
"It's a Wonderful World." Or, why not talk of socialized health care?

Ok, I'm going to stick my neck out a bit further to make it easier to 
swing the ax. I think Wynton is great. Do I like everything he does, no, 
but most is MKOM. A lot like Al Hirt. Many adore him, and the rest think 
he was a commercial waste of extraordinary talent. I like it all.

My tastes are surely a lot wider than many fundamentalists here. And, I 
have met and seen a number of the others in this group. Ali Jackson for 
one, on drums. The nephew of the great Oliver Jackson, Ali has played 
Jazz en Tête with his own groups and as a side man and he has always 
knocked me out. A young fart that can really play. I find Victor Goines, 
Marcus Printup and Carlos Henriquez world class as well.

I'm not familiar with Chris Crenshaw on trombone replacing Wycliff 
Gordon. Unfortunately, we didn't get to hear him solo.

Personally, I think the rhythm section swung just fine and I'd be happy 
to play with players of this caliber. I was not bothered by Wynton's 
insect startup of his solo. I found it quite imaginative and fun. We 
only have one clip of this concert; I would tire if he did that on every 
tune, but I doubt that to be the case.

Ok, let's rock the boat a bit more. Another personage that has his hard 
core fans and his less enamored is my buddy Daniel Huck. Here is a clip 
of him sitting in with Hot Antic JB. Daniel scats after the vocals then 
has the second sax solo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQfQDOr2Fj8
Daniel is capable of playing all sorts of music modern, old, jazz and 
non jazz. However, some think he is wasting our time when he plays old 
style jazz. I disagree. I think he is great and enjoy every time I share 
the bandstand with him. He is on a tune on our last CD. Ok, what do you 
think -- Daniel good; Daniel bad?

All the best to all, Gary



On 16/08/2011 15:21, Ron L'Herault wrote:
> The washboard player was good.  WM's solo sounded like an angry insect for
> the first part and lacked much feeling or creation of tonal color, subtle
> timing during the parts where he played fewer notes then he reverted to
the
> million note runs again.  The drummer seemed to get a nice groove going
with
> an emphasis on the first beat -no swing there.  Couldn't bear to listen to
> the whole thing.
>
> Ron L
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Kiser
>
> There are many that dislike Wynton. I personally think he draws good
> attention to the old classics even if not played how perfectionists
> would prefer they be played.
>
> Dead Man Blues - Jazz in Marciac 2011
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSoEHUKr7VU
>
> All the best, Gary

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