[Dixielandjazz] R.I.P. Snooky Young

[Bert Brandsma]

The uptown blues with Lunceford is a great record.
Excellent solos by Young and Willie Smith.
Kind regards,
Bert

> Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 00:07:53 +0300
> From: marekboym at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] R.I.P. Snooky Young
> CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> To: mister_bertje at hotmail.com
> 
> A wonderful musician, Snooky Young.
> I don't care very mcu for some of the bands mentioned in the obituary;
> I tried to like The Atomic Mr. BAsie, listened to it many times -a and
> each time liked it less.
> 
> 
> >the trumpet sections of big bands led by such renowned musicians as Jimmie Lunceford,
> > Count Basie, Lionel Hampton and Benny Carter.
> 
> >
> > Mr. Young, who recorded only three albums as a leader of small groups,
> 
> Snooky's and Marshall's Album (Marshall being Royal) is wonderful.
> WAht are the other two?
> 
> 
> > or lead, in a big band. Although he didn't solo as much as other players in the section,
> 
> 
> Jazz on You Tube honoured him by playing his solo woth Doc Severinsen.
>  It shows him as a very good soloist.
> 
> 
> 
> > Mr. Young's trumpet can be heard on such classic recordings as Lunceford's "Uptown
> > Blues" (1939) and Basie's "The Atomic Mr. Basie" (1957), which featured the Neal
> 
> >He was sometimes
> > featured in solos or in musical duels with the band's leader, trumpeter Doc Severinsen.
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
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