[Dixielandjazz] FW: trumpeters

[Marek Boym]

Hello Jim,
When I was a young and eager jazz fan with very limited funds and hardly
any access to record stores (I was in the army and hardly got to town), my
mother brought me some records from the States, including the Verve album
"B;ockbustin' Dixie" by "the two bearded giants of Dixieland."  By the way,
the label claims that this was "their only recorded appearance together." I
was extremely impressed with the blurb, and played the records on my first
leave.  What a disappointment!  I loved Fountain's playing, and Bob Havens'
even more, but even then I found Hirt's playing very technical but
soulless.
I am not sure what session at "Pier" (cannot recall the pier number), and
got rid of it very fast.  I also heard their recording at the Superbowl,
and the impression was the same:  the Fountain band was lively, and the Hirt
band - boring; the only good part with Hirt was when he joined forces with
Fountain.
When I played the record for my friends, the only one who liked Hirt's
playing was the one who hated Dixieland and liked "modern" jazz.
Cheers

On 14 November 2015 at 15:43, Jim Kashishian <jim at kashprod.com> wrote:

>
> Marek wrote, speaking of Al Hirt:  >although technically brilliant, was
> extremely boring.
>
> There, Marek, we will have to remain in disagreement.  After all, both of
> our opinions are just that...personal opinions.
>
> Perhaps you never heard Al Hirt's "Pier (is it?) 56" album with Pete
> Fountain & Bob Havens.  The music on that album is far from boring.
>
> I love their fun version of the Saints where each of the wind instruments
> takes a note.  Not easy to do, as the 4 notes do not divide up evenly
> between the 3 instruments, so you get a different note at each pass!
> Probably more fun for the player than the listener!
>
> Jim
>
>
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