[Dixielandjazz] Two members of ODJB -- video. Video of Johnny Hodges performing with Ellington

[Charles Suhor]

Thanks foe this posting, Norm. I’ve always felt that Sbarbaro and Edwards were hugely underrated as innovators on their instruments. Even without the use of the full set, Sbarbaro’s  early ODJB playing swung, showed a great sense of form, and demonstrated that he was a colorist, like Dodds (my favorite), but perhaps earlier. In the 50s I used to hear him on late night radio with Phil Napoleon’s Dixieland group. He also played kazoo regularly and creditably on those programs.

Eddie Edwards—what was it about his ODJB playing that did NOT define a perfectly conceived, lusty ensemble trombone style? Before Ory, it seems. 

I suspect that Nick LaRocca’s racist braggadocio turned many critics and historians away from attending to the groundbreaking contributions of his sidemen.

Charlie


> On Jul 28, 2015, at 4:40 PM, Norman Vickers <NVickers1 at cox.net> wrote:
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> From: Norman Vickers, Jazz Society of Pensacola
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> Current Arts Journal blog(s) have a couple of items which were of interest
> to me, and , I hope, also to you.
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> Terry Teachout's blog has 1960s clip of Tony Sbarbaro, drummer, and Eddie
> Edwards, trombonist appearing on I've Got a Secret.  They, of course, were
> performers on the first Dixieland Jazz Recording 1917,
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> Band is reconstituted with other players including trumpeter Phil Napoleon.
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> Doug Ramsey's Rifftides blog has original Ellington recording of Black
> Butterfly featuring Johnny Hodges.  Second video has another version of that
> in Berlin approx one year before Hodges death.
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> This  l-o-n-g link worked for me.  If not:  Search Arts Journal Blogs and it
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> Thanks.  Hope it resonates with some of you!
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