[Dixielandjazz] Tram [WARNING: SPF validation unavailable]

Steve Voce stevevoce at virginmedia.com
Mon Apr 27 06:45:21 PDT 2015


I don't suppose you've heard of Lester Young, Charlie Parker and Clifford Brown?

Steve Voce

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> On 27 Apr 2015, at 10:32, Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The only musician I can think of who was "as fertile or adventurous an
> improvisor as Bix" was Louis.  None other came within that bracket.  Any
> comparisons should be made with others, and that is another story
> altogether.
> Cheers
> 
>> On 27 April 2015 at 02:44, Shaw, Tim <Tim.Shaw at mh.org.au> wrote:
>> 
>> - and a band composed entirely of "leading edge" creators would probably
>> be too anarchic to organize  (think of eg when Ellington hired Mingus ..
>> became one too many)
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dixielandjazz [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On
>> Behalf Of Charles Suhor
>> Sent: Monday, 27 April, 2015 9:09 AM
>> To: Shaw, Tim
>> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Tram [WARNING: SPF validation unavailable]
>> 
>> 
>>> On Apr 26, 2015, at 4:52 PM, ROBERT R. CALDER wrote:
>>> 
>>> To complain that Tram showed little evidence of that kind of invention
>> is to forget the limits of opportunity, just as a lot of musicians who
>> played solos that were long and not too long, tended to simplify in some
>> aspects earlier conceptions of the instruments.
>>> 
>> 
>> To state that Tram wasn't as fertile or adventurous an improvisor as Bix
>> is not to "complain" about him or suggest that he wasn't an important
>> figure in jazz history or to deny his (and others') expanding the roles of
>> their instruments. I repeat (and it's only an opinion, of course): Tram
>> wasn't as fertile or adventurous an improvisor as Bix. If every player had
>> to be a Giant of Jazz, my record collection would be pared down to a few
>> artists, if I could indeed identify the Giants. There's good stuff all
>> around, but it's also useful to exchange ideas about the contributions of
>> many jazz artists.
>> 
>> Charlie
>> 
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