[Dixielandjazz] Jabbo Smith--who's scatting?

[Charles Suhor]

Hello, Dave-- 

Very interesting piece! Thanks. I looked up Jabbo in my early edition (1960) of L. Feather's ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JAZZ. He gives basic bio info, but assigns no historical importance to Smith. Fast forward to the NEW GROVE DICTIONARY OF JAZZ,1991, and there's high praise. Same is true of Gunther Schuller's and Ted Goaia's jazz histories. I want to go back and compare the 1929 Jabbo recordings with Red Allen at that time. Allen is often said to the (or "a") stylistic evolutionary link from Louis to Eldridge, but the Jabbo that I've heard in my review seems the more likely candidate. Jazz never stops offering refreshing ways of looking at its history and its artists. 

Charlie

On Jan 16, 2015, at 3:41 AM, domitype . wrote:

> If you can open this (you may have to have a Google account)  - this
> article is quite interesting in the comparison of Jabbo and Satchmo.
> http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19771003&id=2mZQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fVgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4235,357381
> 
> I often played them back to back on my radio show.
> 
> Dave Richoux
> 
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 1:10 AM, Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
> wrote:
> 
>>> The all-scat vocal is also wonderful. Does anybody know if it;'s Jabbo?
>> 
>> Dear Charlie,
>> It most certainly is.
>> Cheers,
>> Bill.
>> 
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