[Dixielandjazz] All Star Put Down

[Marek Boym]

Dear Bill,
I heard Jabbo in Th HAgue in 1982, and he could hardly play.  He was
with an American band, not all that great, which seemed to have played
down to him!  He might have taken one trumpet solo all evening, and
the band was very excited when the leader announced "he's ready to
sing now!"
I know that he played for a jazz musical and I've read he was still
great, but I am not a fan of musicals;  I love the theatre and  jazz,
but separately, please!!!
Cheers

On 25 February 2013 22:36, Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> Marek Boym wrote:
>> ...one of the greatest trumpeters of the 1920's, Jabbo Smith.  Jabbo Smith continued playing in the post-WWII era, but, unfortunately, was not recorded (if there were some obscure recordings, I have not heard of them)...
>> By the time Jabbo Smith had been rediscovered, he was past his prime; when I heard him in The HAgue, he could hardly play!
>
> Dear Marek,
> Try
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_S_UgYaUnc
> from 1982.
> There are other YouTube videos from this period.
> He is on records by Charles LaVere and Claude Hopkins in the mid-late 30s.
> Which you may know about, then nothing more until a recent Lonehill Jazz CD I have, 'The Hidden Treasure Sessions' featuring Jabbo in 1961.
> His 1976 Breda performances with the Hot Dogs and South Jazz Band are on record.
> He recorded with the New Orleans Joymakers, and Jens Lingren, both in 1978.
> Then a cast album of the stage show "One Mo' Time" in 1980.
> And records with the Hot Antic band in 1982.
> Nothing to rival the 1920s Jabbo records, but not all that bad either.
> OK, obscure, but there to be found if you are lucky.
> Kind regards,
> Bill.
>