[Dixielandjazz] Visiting musicians

[Marek Boym]

Charlie was nevertheless right, Jim.
So many New Orleans musicians who, to be generous, were of moderate
ability, while Jabbo Smith, still at the height of his  powers, was sadly
neglected.
As to being helped to the stool - in 1977 Cootie Williams was younger than
I am now, and he had to be literally lifted to the stage and seated on his
chair.  Played great, though.
Cheers

On 14 November 2015 at 12:57, Jim Kashishian <jim at kashprod.com> wrote:

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> I was surprised to see threads shredding off from my announcement of Allen
> Toussaint's untimely death here in Madrid.  I was particularly interested
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> Charlie Suhor's comments on NO "grey haired" musicians.  A lot of the
> "older" musicians end up playing throughout Europe at the music festivals
> and are greatly applauded.
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> I went to see a guitarist/blues singer from Chicago in a small club in
> Madrid a few years ago.  Can't now recall his name.  He looked very old,
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> his much younger bassist (musician picked up in France for his European
> tour) helped him up on his stool.  Then, during his gig he was handed his
> glass of water, his towel, etc.  That is...he was attended to as a famous
> old man.  He may well be famous in the Blues circles, but I had never heard
> of him.  Having said that, he was excellent, and put on a great show!
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> I later found out that this "old man" was 5 years younger than myself, and
> no one ever gets me a stool or a glass of water!!  But, then, that is the
> aura given to those "visiting" Europe as an invited guest.
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> Jim
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