[Dixielandjazz] showmanship

[Jack Mitchell]

Bill Haesler wrote

"What a great band that was.
It certainly alerted us to the fact that good jazz and showmanship are 
mutually inclusive.
I well recall one occasion when the trombonist Ken Herron and Bob Barnard 
were in that band.
Listening, but not watching, I heard Bob soloing but heard that the phrasing 
was completely unBob-like.
I looked up to see Bob and Ken with their arms around each other's 
shoulders, mate fashion, with Ken fingering the valves on Bob's trumpet and 
Bob doing the blowing!
Fantastic."

It certainly was Bill, and sometimes they did it with both playing trumpet 
but fingering the other's valves. That was on that bit in BALTHAZAR with all 
the triplets.

Best wishes
Jack