[Dixielandjazz] Watch the first set

[Charles Suhor]

Not to resurrect the old debate about Burns’ (mostly fine)  jazz history program, but from respect for Woody Herman…His pioneering big bands were IMO sadly underrepresented on the series. Think of the number of fantastic sidemen he brought to the fore, the brilliant arrangements, the drive, the invention, the humor. I’m a huge Artie Shaw fan but it seems to me that Burns gave superior space to Shaw and Brubeck in part because they (a) were lucky enough to be (a) alive and highly articulate when he was developing the series.

Charlie 



> On Dec 18, 2015, at 8:39 AM, Steve Voce <stevevoce at virginmedia.com> wrote:
> 
> Woody was being, polite, of course. Over the years he cited Barney Bigard and Jimmy Noone as his favourites. By the time of this very good programme his dementia had begun to set in and was affecting his playing. I'm not sure whether or not it had been discovered that his business manager Abe Turchen had gambled away all of Woody's money and failed to pay off the tax that he owed. The IRS subsequently pursued Woody rigorously and made him sell the home he'd had since the '40s.
> 
> Steve Voce
> 
> Sent from my iPad
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>> On 18 Dec 2015, at 10:43, Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Goodness, Bob, how could you forget Peanuts Hucko?  Woody Herman refers to
>> him as his "favourite clarinetist," and I certainly agree - mine, too.
>> Cheers!
>> 
>>> On 18 December 2015 at 10:50, Robert Ringwald <rsr at ringwald.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Woody Herman, Dick Cathcart, Bob Havens, Eddie Miller and Ray Sherman.
>>> 
>>> Who is on bass and drums?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jlTFNvI6UU
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