[Dixielandjazz] Plunger, Tricky Sam Nanton

[Steve Voce]

I was always interested in the fact that one could confirm that the 
Ellington band was miming to a 1940s Soundie (I think it was C Jam Blues)
by the fact that Nanton was audibly doing the two-mute growl, but on 
screen was using simply the plunger with no mute inside the bell.
Maybe Tricky was emulating King Oliver's technique of having a 
handerchief over the valves so that people would find it more difficult 
to copy his playing?
Steve Voce


On 07/04/2012 21:50, Bert Brandsma wrote:
> Albeit a short one, a very fine Tricky Sam solo is behind Billie Holiday in this 1935 short movie. Around 4 min. 50 sec.
> http://youtu.be/QTT9Su1d-VE
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> You can see very clearly that Nanton makes big moves with the plunger to reach the desired sounds.
>
> Kind regards,
> Bert Brandsma
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