[Dixielandjazz] Plunger

[Marek Boym]

Yep,
I forgot Tony Pringle.  Prthaps others have better technique, but Tony must
be the most original horn in the business nowadays - one of the very few
who are instantly recognizable.
Cheers

On 3 April 2012 23:09, Ron L'Herault <lherault at bu.edu> wrote:

> My vote goes to Tony Pringle of the New Black Eagle Jazz Band for
> outstanding mute work, both with plunger and derby mute.  His pixie mute
> work is great too.
>
> Ron L
>
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> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Plunger
>
> Not quite, Stan,
> Even if they have  not reached the high level of Bubber Miley, Tricky Sam
> or
> Cootie Williams, there still are soloist who put the mute to a very good
> effect.  I don't know about the current US scene, but there are quite a few
> in Europe.  Only last Sunday I heard one - Herbert Christ.  Our own Avram
> Felder is no slouch with the mute, either, nor is his trombonist, even
> though the latter seems to be reading his solos rather than improvising.
> And Steve Barbone has posted links to some good muted work by Wycliff
> Gordon.
>
> Be the way, I heard Cootie Williams in Nice in either 1976 or 1977.  He had
> to be lifted on stage - he could not walk, but, at least to my ears, his
> playing sounded great.  The enthusiastic applause he received seemed like
> an
> indication that others shared my opinion.
> Cheers
>
> On 3 April 2012 20:38, Stan Brager <sbrager at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the wealth of information, Robert. The mute sounds created
> > by Bubber Miley, Joe Nanton and others seems to have died out in post
> > WW2 brass playing with the advent of bebop and "modern" jazz by Dizzy,
> > Bird and Monk.
> > That said, one still hears the plunger used to perfection by brass
> > sections in today's jazz bands - the soloists have disappeared for the
> most part.
> >
> >
> >
> > Stan
> >
> > Stan Brager
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I probably mentioned this before, but for some years I was sure there
> > was something not enormously wrong but not quite right about the later
> > plunger work of Cootie Williams --  though I heard him with the 1967
> > Ellington band and whereas reviews of other gigs on the tour were
> > unenthusiastic he was on amazing form in Glasgow, as was Cat Anderson
> > at the other end of the trumpet section.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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