[Dixielandjazz] Dixieland or Small Band Swing?

[Marek Boym]

I'd call it "small band swing." But an almost identical band, led by
Sidney de Paris, with Edmond Hall instead of Webster, sounds much more
"Dixieland," colur or no colour.
Cheers

On 13 February 2011 17:28, Stephen G Barbone
<barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
> In NYC as the big swing bands started to fold, many of the black swing
> players, in order to make  living, shifted to what I would call
>  "Dixieland", but the media and talking heads called "Small Band Swing".
> Below is an example. "After You've Gone" with pretty much of a Dixieland
> instrumentation. Circa 1944.
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> Personnel for The Blue Note Jazzmen, led by James P. Johnson, are:
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> Sidney DeParis (tpt); Vic Dickenson  (tb); Ben Webster (tsax), James P
> Johnson (pno), Jimmy Shirley (gui); John Simmons (bs); Sid Catlett (dms.
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gh_YLQWy8k
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> When I grew up in New York, there was a lot of this type of music to be
> heard, both on 52nd Street and in Harlem. Might what we hear on the link
> properly be called Black New York Style Dixieland?
>
> In any event not much of this style was recorded and it is pretty much
> ignored today. That's a pity because it swings its ass off, ensemble, solos
> and rhythm.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
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