[Dixielandjazz] Good jazz!

[John Blegen]

This reminded me of something Wayne Jones once said.  I had the incredible
good luck to play with Wayne every Thursday night for a period of about 10
years.  One evening I asked him what it had been like to play with Soprano
Summit.  "You don't have to cook those guys," he said.  "They cook
themselves."

John Blegen
Clarinet
Kansas City


On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Jim Kashishian <jim at kashprod.com> wrote:

> Often, during my daily practice, I will put on a record & have a blow along
> with the recorded band.  This is something I've done since I was a kid, and
> I learned how to improvise using that technic.  I've played with the best
> (during practice!).  :>
>
> Well, today, I chose a cd Jim Beebe sent to me:  Franz Jackson "Snag It"
> with Jim Beebe's Chicago Jazz (1990 on Delmark Records).
>
> This cd is reminding me of how important it is to be hot when playing our
> kind of jazz. I actually took a break from practice to write this, because
> it dawned on me how important it is. We usually say it has to swing, but
> I'd
> like to add that it has to also be hot to be good.  Meaning?  Meaning,
> putting everything you've got into the music during a performance, and
> using
> drive in all the right places.
>
> These guys do just that!
>
> Jim
> ______________________________