[Dixielandjazz] Looking for "best of Turk" tracks

[Marek Boym]

On 4 May 2015 at 21:34, Charles Suhor <csuhor at zebra.net> wrote:

> Thanks. I listened, and found the composition and the rendering of it to
> be admirably "together." I see what Jim was saying about the
> distinctiveness--and inimitability of Turk's highly personalized, slightly
> gravely tone. Several listmates have written that it was Turk's bands, more
> than his solos, that appealed to them. I'll respond that, strictly as a
> matter of taste, to me the Left Coast revivalist bands didn't swing like
> the Dixieland groups of the time or the foundational players who invented
> the music.
>

I have heard this argument before, and I tend to agree - to a point.  I
like the argument anyway because, thanks to it, I ended up having Turk
Murphy's "Live at the Roundtable" - the English friend who had received it
from someone didn't think it swung and sent it to me.
I have the feeling that putting the West Coast bands together doesn't
reflect their character - almost all bands which came after the Yerba Buena
swing more.
And there was another branch, much looser, best represented by Bob Mielke's
Bearcats.
Besides, there was much more going on on that coast, and such wonderful
musicians as Dick Cathart, Matty Matlock, Clyde Hurley and - yes - Abe
Lincoln - and many more, not identified with "West Coast style," were
active there.
There was also a later generation, Jim Goodwin for example.
Be it as it may, the two styles are not mutually exclusive, Charlie - one
can enjoy both.
Cheers

>
> Charlie
>
>
>
> On May 4, 2015, at 9:12 AM, Augustine Daniel wrote:
>
> >    Reports of our death have been greatly exaggerated.
> >    Here's Turk playing his own composition, "Trombone Rag", one that's
> pretty hard and that not many other trombonists seem to have tried.
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlbu9aPd4P4
> >
> >    Dan h
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > On May 4, 2015, at 3:05 AM, Jim Kashishian <jim at kashprod.com> wrote:
> >
> > Charlie wrote:
> >> Can some Turk fans on the list furnish a link to some Murphy stuff that
> you
> > see as outstanding?
> >
> > Charlie, I think they have all left the list or have died.  My comment
> > should have raised a few comments if any of the Left Coast guys were
> still
> > around!  Still, I think your request is a good one, and would like to see
> > something come of it.  As I said before, I always found his brillance in
> his
> > breaks, even if only 2 bars.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > **--------------------------------------------------------------------**
> > **  Dan Augustine  --  Austin, Texas  --  ds.augustine at mail.utexas.edu
> > **    "We believe in musical evolution, not revolution.  There are
> > **     enough revolutionary musicians playing revolting music."
> > **                   -- Turk Murphy (1915-1987)
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