[Dixielandjazz] FW: Louis and the Dukes of Dkxkieland

[Jerry Brown]

Hi,

Having seen these latest posts about the Dukes of Dixieland I revisited some of 
the recordings and there are plenty available for downloading from the likes of 
iTunes or Spotify (or at least there are in Europe) and I became mystified as to 
what was seen to be so special about them. To me they sounded like a very run of 
the mill commercial dixieland outfit going through the motions of playing 
familiar "old favourites".  It is no wonder that back in the fifties and sixties 
they were looked upon with scorn by most British jazzers who had a plethora of 
excellent real jazz band to listen to.  

Can someone explain their appeal - is purely nostalgic hindsight which casts 
such a mediocre outfit in a rosy glow or am I missing something?

Cheers,

Jerry
Norwich,
U.K.



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From: Jim Kashishian <jim at kashprod.com>
To: Jerry Brown <jazzjerry at btinternet.com>
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, 21 July, 2011 19:39:13
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] FW:  Louis and the Dukes of Dkxkieland


Having heard the Louis + Dukes LP before, I was more interested in hearing
the earlier version of the Dukes at the Famous Door.  The website is quite
good and gives you a "jukebox" section where you can have a listen.  First
song up was "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans".  Being one of my favorites
when played by the Dukes, I clicked quickly on that one.  

To my surprise, Fred (trombone) plays a very different style than later in
the Audio Fidelity recordings.  Sounds like he was still looking for his own
style, although most of his later sound is there.  There are Teagarden
"flips" and a more "marching" type of playing than he did later.
It's interesting to hear him in what was obviously his "development" period.
He's always been one of my favorites!

I was also surprised to hear them play this song in Eb, as they later
recorded it in the brighter tone of F, which I believe is the more usual
tone.

I do hope, also, that it is only their web site that creates the heavy boom,
boom, boom sound of the bass and is not the way the purchased CD sounds.
Not to mention the very hidden piano & almost non existent drums.

Anything to promote the wonderful sound of the original band, in my opinion,
is good!

Jim


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