[Dixielandjazz] Ken Colyer

[Marek Boym]

De gustibus non disputandum est, John.
To my ears, whatever Ken Colyer might have thought, the following bands
were not an improvement at all, and were not as free wheeling as that band.
But we've been through this before.  I don't think that I'll ever listen
with your ears - I am physically attached to mine!  And those have all
these years been telling  me that teh band with Barber whas much superior
to what followed.
Cheers


On 6 April 2013 22:42, john petters <tjpost at traditional-jazz.com> wrote:

> Oh dear, Marek, what are you hearing? Ken did not like that rhythm
> section which was like a dance band with a banjo. Ken's second band with
> the late Stan Greig on drums was a big improvement, but the band with
> Colin Bowden was the closest he (or anyone at that time) got to real New
> Orleans jazz.
> Listening to the chronological CD with Mike Pointon & Rays Smith's
> brilliant book, it is possible to understand why Ken was dis-satisfied
> with the Barber ensemble. He had just recorded in New Orleans with a
> real rhythm section.
> the difference between these recordings and the Barber session is just
> like listening to another music.
> Chris has always had a good frontline, but I've yet to hear a Barber
> recording where the rhythm section lives up to the frontline (outside of
> the recordings with American rhythm sections). There is a video of Colin
> Bowden playing with them in 1990 - it then sounds like a jazz  band.
>
> Cheers
>
> John Petters
> www.traditional-jazz.com
> Amateur Radio Station G3YPZ
>
> On 06/04/2013 20:15, Marek Boym wrote:
> > I'm listening to the "Isle of Capri" by the first Colyer band - the one
> put
> > up by Chris BArber for him.
> > As far as I am concerned, byt far the best group colyer ever led.
> > Cheers
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