[Dixielandjazz] Worthless Ellington

[Joe Carbery]

Jack Teagarden said in a Leonard Feather Blindfold test:
“I never did like anything Ellington ever did. He never had a band all in
tune, always has a bad tone and a bad blend. I’d just as soon listen to a
hillbilly on a jukebox.”

Does that make JT a fool?

Incidentally, Jack had perfect pitch.

Regards,

Joe Carbery.

On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:

> >
> >
> >
> >> Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote
> >
> >> Marek Boym, in answer to Steve Barbone, wrote [in part]:
> >>>
> >>> .........Of course, the "mouldy figs" consider anything after the
> >>> Washingtonians worseless.
> >>
> >> Dear Marek,
> >> Not this little mouldy old fig.
> >> *>)
> >
> > Amen Bill. IMO anyone who would consider Ellington "worthless" is a damn
> > fool.
> I agree.
> Nevertheless, this was often the case.  Rudi Blesh went even farther
> and said: "as for jazz, the Duke has never played it." (p. 281 of the
> "fourth edition, enlarged, February 1958, printed in England by
> Cassell & Company Limited).
> BTW, sorry for the typo.
> Cheers,
>
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