[Dixielandjazz] Louis Armstrong box set

[Steve Voce]

I've got the boxed set in the trumpet case, and I think it's marvellous. Although a lot of it is familiar the sound is very good. The All Stars got to be very routine, didn't they?
(If you can say that about Louis!). Teagarden was always very good, but even Ed got a bit repetitive.
Lovely story in Barney's autobiog. I recalled it in Arvell Shaw's obituary.


   Jack Teagarden was the band's trombonist,
another virtuoso and, like Bigard, driven to become an alcoholic by the hard
life on the road. Teagarden was dependent on the pint of whiskey that he kept
in his trombone case to drink during the band's concerts. When Shaw found out
about the bottle, he began stealing sips from it throughout the evening. This
went on for some months until one day the bewildered Teagarden finally found
out what was happening. Before the next night's concert he emptied the bottle,
peed in it and replaced it in his trombone case.


   As was his wont Shaw took a drink from it and
came running out in a fury onto the stage. "Somebody done peed in the bottle!"
he yelled, mad at everyone in the band at what he saw as an outrageous
injustice.



On 21/01/2012 18:41, Eric Holroyd wrote:

> Like many other trumpeters IâEUR^(TM)ve amassed quite a collection of 
> Armstrong material over the years, but when the collection which sold 
> in a mock trumpet case etc came along I was very tempted.
>
> Is this the same collection mentioned in Bill HaeslerâEUR^(TM)s 
> excellent DJML post?
>
> I went to the Amazon link and looked it over, but frankly 
> wasnâEUR^(TM)t overly impressed.
>
> I took BillâEUR^(TM)s advice, ie I suggest that intending purchasers 
> should read the whole review at the above link.
>
> It clinched the deal for me, and I decided not to bother.
>
> Eric Holroyd
>
>
>
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