[Dixielandjazz] Ghost Ellington

[ROBERT R. CALDER]

I was of course referring to the saxophone-counting sort of swingband fan!
The wilfully unmusical sort.
Ein Schwindel! Only three sexophones!!!
The equivalent Tradixielander complained when there was even one such horn.
Or cried blasphemy if no Saints trudged in 

I remember Lol Coxhill reminiscing about his time with a Glenn Miller ghost 
band, playing a tenor into some electronics in the absence of a baritonist or 
baritone sax. Not quite the same as making up numbers.
Nat did on occasion produce the 1950s Basie band sound with remarkably few 
horns, not least with Joe Temperley. 

And fill a hall the Lincoln Center Big Band later made seem too big. 
Even with Joe in it!


 

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From: Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com>
To: ROBERT R. CALDER <serapion at btinternet.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, 24 May, 2011 22:18:10
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Ghost Ellington

Short-changed!?
Various Nat Pierce groups showed more of the Basie "spirit" than most
big bands, including the "Basie" band fromted by Frank Foster!
Cheers
>
>
> I also remember Nat Pierce with an octet producing more of the sound and 
>feeling
> of 1950s Basie than the same number of men playing the same instruments as the
> original.
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> Some less discriminating swingband fans might have supposed they were being
> short-changed.
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