[Dixielandjazz] Tram [WARNING: SPF validation unavailable]

Marek Boym marekboym at gmail.com
Mon Apr 27 06:58:08 PDT 2015


I have  replied to this email an hour ago.
Cheers

On 27 April 2015 at 16:45, Steve Voce <stevevoce at virginmedia.com> wrote:

> 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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