[Dixielandjazz] Small Band Swing or Dixieland?

[Don Ingle]

On 2/16/2011 7:51 PM, Jack Mitchell wrote:
>
>
>> Steve Barbone wrote in part:
>>
>>> That was even true of Wild Bill Davison who many fans will claim was a
>>> Dixieland musician. He, and his 5th wife and manager Anne, often said
>>> that he was much more than just a Dixieland Musician.
>>
> No doubt it depends on one's viewpoint of what is a "dixieland 
> musician". Wild Bill is one of my favourites, and I don't wish to 
> argue with Anne, but the fact is in my opinion the sides he cut for 
> Commodore in 1943 with George Brunis on trombone are the best 
> dixieland tracks ever recorded. And I have plenty of his later 
> recordings, plus many by the ODJB, the NORK, Muggsy, the Bobcats, The 
> Basin Street Six and all the great Australian bands to compare them 
> with. Plus many more.
>
> Best wishes
> Jack Mitchell
>
> PS: I'll be horrified if there are any members of the DIXIELAND JAZZ 
> MAILING LIST who don't have those Commodore sides in their collection.
>
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Jack can relax - many of us had those old Commadors. My copy with Bruis 
doing Ugly Chil' was played so many times that you  could play both 
sides without turning it over, so thin did the shellac become.
To add to the mix about some o fthese classic players also doing other 
music formats, take Pee Wee with the large orchestra of Oliver Nelson 
backing him. His Shadow of a Smile was worth purchase in every way. Pee 
Way the avant gardian in fine form.
Don Ingle