[Dixielandjazz] Tram

[Steve Voce]

Lester was impressed by the sound and tonal quality of what Trumbauer played. 
I'm sure that you're not suggesting that he (Trumbauer) was in the same class as Bix or Eddie Lang. He was, throughout his career, a good technician but a minor jazz creator.
(Tram owned his own aircraft, and flying was his hobby).

Steve Voce

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> On 25 Apr 2015, at 17:16, Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 25 April 2015 at 18:30, Steve Voce <stevevoce at virginmedia.com> wrote:
>> You're not missing much. Trambauer was never a great jazz improviser.
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> Perhaps.  But he was in the Goldkette band  when it beat Henderson's, and Lester Young always carried "Singing the Blues" for Tram's solo thereon.  Bix was not the only oyster in the Trumbaure Orchestra stew, albeir the best.  Improviser or not, he was not a slouch!  And the 1937/38 band sounds very good.
> As to the Capitols, they area hardly the best of the bunch.
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>> He was better as an aircraft pilot.
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> I wouldn't know.
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