[Dixielandjazz] Sidney's Vibrato

[Marek Boym]

How true!  Just listen to the Hall brothers (Edmond and Herb, not the ones
from Minnesota).
to my ears, the "clean" sound of the post-Miles generation is one of the
things that rener  their music non-jazzy.
Cheers


On 30 September 2013 00:51, Bert Brandsma <mister_bertje at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Stan,
> That story is wrong. Literal all New Orleans horn players in the 1920's
> played with vibrato, most with quite a lot. The great players had a very
> personal interpretation and way of using it, be it Johnny Dodds, Louis
> Armstrong (just listen to all his increasing vibrato's, ending in shakes)
> or Bechet.Swing players on average used a bit more controlled way of
> vibrato, but still , just listen to Hawkins or the entire Ellington sax
> secton......
> It is really the generation of Miles Davis and later that use little, till
> in the 1960's we suddenly were trained to play non vibrato ......
> But Bechet simply fits his time, the intonation issue for soprano's has
> nothing to do with it.
> Bert Brandsma
>
>
> > Somewhere, a long time ago, an article explained Sidney Bechet's vibrato
> > when he played the soprano sax was because the early sopranos were had
> > difficulties staying in tune. As I aged, it was more difficult to accept
> > that explanation. Now, I'm faced with an hour class lecture on Sidney
> Bechet
> > for a friend's jazz class. Can someone confirm or deny the vibrato story?
> >
> >
>
>
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