[Dixielandjazz] applause and Bud Freeman

[Ken Mathieson]

Hi Folks,

Bob wrote inter alia:
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IMHO: A tenor sax can muddy things up in the front line if he and the other
musicians are not of top quality. In the case of tenor sax players such as
Bud Freeman and Eddie Miller, they know what they are doing. They know their
place musically in a Dixieland style. They never muddy the waters.
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It wasn't just tenor players who were adept at not cluttering ensembles: Loads of wonderful Condon sessions involved 6-piece Dixie front lines which included both Bud on tenor AND Dick Cary on Eb horn and yet, by some magic and a great deal of discretion from all the horns, the overall sound isn't cluttered. Indeed Dick's contributions seem all the more remarkable when you consider the trombone and Eb Horn have similar sounds and occupy the same register, yet Dick and Cutty or Lou somehow managed to keep out of each other's way and their individual ensemble lines are easy to follow.

Cheers,

Ken Mathieson