[Dixielandjazz] Jazz Violinists

Mon Aug 22 21:59:11 PDT 2011

Sorry Bob for not signing my message. 

My curse isn't a very pleasant one to have and perhaps I shouldn't 
have singled out Jonathan except to hope that it's constructive
criticism. 
I wish him the best.

I live in the Boston area, a great place for OKOM. Yes, Joe Venuti 
was a super fiddler and his work with Tony Romano, who was 
given Eddie Lang's guitar by Eddie's wife, is fantastic including
Joes playing on all 4 strings of his violin on one piece on their
recording.

Still, when it comes to the violin, the curse of comparison is
always with me and takes from the enjoyment of randomly 
listening to that instrument. Maybe therapy would help.     

Yes 'copy the best' is something good to follow but there are
ears and there are ears. We all latch on to different things, as 
it should be. And between friends we can still remark, "well
he's no Tom Kalishkof" and go on from there.

I'm hoping to hear from others sharing the curse of this 
narrow mindedness.

Norman Nichols

> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:00:17 -0700
> From: "Robert Ringwald" <rsr at ringwald.com>
> To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Regina Carter - Jazz Violinist
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> anichols at gis.net wrote:
> 
> > Thanks Steve for the Regina Carter links.
> > 
> > I'd like to ask the list if they are troubled with the curse of
> > having a certain expectation from the sound of an instrument, that
> > it takes from the enjoyment of listening because the expectation
> isn't met.
> 
> 
> Firstly I will say, no.  
> 
> Secondly, Let me say that this is a very friendly email list.  Please
> sign your Name when posting to the List.  Also we'd like to know where
> you are located.  
> 
> 
> 
> > I'm a jazz fiddler of sorts and totally cursed by the Stephane
> > Grappelli sound in my head.
> 
> 
> 
> Pretty good curse if you ask me.  
> 
> > 
> > I've written Steve before about Jonathan Russell who I think leaves
> > much to be desired (I should listen again because he's growing),
> 
> 
> My gawd, how can you say that about Jonathan?  He is probably 14 or 15
> now and improving incredibly fast.  He is still very much learning and
> soaking up the musicians who came before him, as we all did.  
> 
> If, and I say if, he keeps working at it and does not stop to read his
> own press, in a few years, he will be intouchable.  
> 
>  
> 
> > Regina Carter leaves less to be desired but I'm in heaven listening
> > to Ben Powell, and Florin Nicelescu comes close. Ben has that attack
> > and such flawless intonation, Jonathan's problem,  that I'd defy
> > anyone to differentiate him from Stephane Grappelli when he's
> > playing our kind of music.
> 
> 
> 
> As I say, he is still learning.  And as a good friend of mine, a
> terrific lead trumpet player who played with all the big bands in the
> 30s and 40s told me, "If you are going to copy, then copy the best..."
>  
> 
> Give a listen to Joe Venuti.  It doesn't get any better than that.  
> 
> 
> > For all other instrumentation I have a very wide tolerance and
> > pretty much enjoy it all. I'd be very interested in others point of
> view.
> 
> 
> 
> --Bob Ringwald
> 
> > 
> > Original message:
> >>>Message: 7
> >>>Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:07:36 -0400
> >>>From: Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
> >>>To: DJML <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> >>>Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> >>>Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Regina Carter - Jazz Violinist
> >>>Message-ID: <431A5B50-702C-4BC2-9919-9C53DCE578BC at earthlink.net>
> >>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed;
> delsp=yes >>>
> >>>List mate John McClernan turned me on to this your tube which has
> >>>Regina Carter in the group. She is simply the BEST.
> >>>
> >>>Not Dixieland, but surely OKOM at the Bern Jazz Festival 2003.
> >>>
> >>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAGoF-drzGE (It Don't Mean a Thing
> etc.) >>>
> >>>If you dig jazz violin, check out her other videos on you tube,
> like: >>>
> >>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=sT1ozaUdFZE   (Mood Indigo)
> >>>
> >>>Or with Ray Brown on  his 75th Birthday
> >>>
> >>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk2LhjLJZY0&feature=related
> >>>
> >>>Or if you like co poser Edvard Grieg jazzed up, try:
> >>>
> >>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGixpOmg-ww
> >>>
> >>>Cheers,
> >>>Steve Barbone
> >>>www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
> > 
> > 
> > 
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