[Dixielandjazz] Fwd: Fw: Keep (it) Swinging

Mon Sep 14 01:01:07 PDT 2015

Don't malign Manchester. 'The Dirty Bopper' incident happened to Bruce when he was playing in Birmingham with the Humphrey Lyttelton band.

Steve Voce

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> On 14 Sep 2015, at 08:51, Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:
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> We have heard about the modern-traditional strife in the States, and the
> Mancunian greeted Bruce Turner  with a banner "Get out of here, dirty
> bopper," but it's nothing compared to the French!  And the French audiences
> have a reputation of equally accepting "modern" and "traditional."
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> The English is not great, but the article is very interesting.  I assume
> that the author has made the translation.
> Enjoy
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> The 1948 Jazz Festival in Nice - # 1
> <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KeepitSwinging/~3/ODrZ3zNkcvQ/the-1948-jazz-festival-in-nice-1.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email>
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> Posted: 13 Sep 2015 05:23 AM PDT
> The *Nice Jazz Festival* was founded by *Hugues Panassié* and lasted from
> the 22 to 28 February 1948. It featured a repertory of traditional jazz,
> swing, and bop music and was the first international jazz festival. Georg
> Lankester writes an extended essay about the festival. The text in Dutch
> was published earlier here
> <http://keepitswinging.blogspot.dk/2015/05/het-jazz-festival-van-1948-in-nice-part.html>,
> the second part in English will be published later.
> 
> *A World Premiere*
> 
> <http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vEnVcJDWuLU/VVy9L_W_jgI/AAAAAAAADSs/DJxGrNM1AZo/s1600/HuguesPanassie1.jpg>Hugues
> Pannasié
> In early 1948, when the greatest misery of the war slowly faded, president
> of the *Hot Club de France* organization *Hugues Panassié* had the idea to
> organize a jazz festival from February 22nd to 28th (- immediately after
> the carnival) at the Riviera in Nice. He relied on the earlier success of
> the film festival in Cannes and the ideas of the committee which organized
> festivities in the city of Nice.
> 
> It would be an absolute premiere, for never before had such a festival
> occurred in the world. Even the Americans had not organized anything of the
> like.
> 
> But Pannasié's initiative, announced in the magazine *"Jazz Hot"*, was
> primarily intended to get the traditional jazz into the spotlight. Because
> .... ..What was the state of art in Jazz? From the beginning of the 1940s
> had started a new jazz movement in the USA, the *bebop*. The swing was more
> or less on its peak.
> 
> <http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2EU9PtnyZBY/VVy98pV6RcI/AAAAAAAADS0/FIt1M0PapuU/s1600/Dela0001.jpg>Charles
> Delaunay
> Secretary *Charles Delaunay* (whose efforts had resulted in *Django
> Reinhardt’s* fame) was particularly fascinated by the new style, unlike
> Panassié. Even Django liked all modern. There was thus already registered
> the start of a conflict within the Hot Club de France organization.
> 
> While Panassié’s festival was sponsored and musicians like *Louis Armstrong*
> with his "All Stars" band had been invited, as well as other greats like *Earl
> Hines, Barney Bigard, Baby Dodds, Jack Teagarden, Rex Stewart* and *Mezz
> Mezzrow*, Delaunay contributed with 17 men counting on the orchestra of *Dizzy
> Gillespie* to participate. Bebop trumpeter Dizzy was shortly before the
> festival invited by Delaunay and now arose among jazz fans two camps:
> traditional or modern jazz.
> <http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MF9SyeM16Qs/VVy-pkE7cTI/AAAAAAAADTA/I6x06v5gWYo/s1600/dizzy%252C%2Bfrance%2B1948.JPG>Dizzy
> Gillespie, 1948
> Before he came to France, Dizzy was dogged by bad luck. In Paris, he gave a
> series of concerts at the famed *Salle Pleyel*. But Panassié, who attended
> the first concert, was extremely negative and stated that this was not
> jazz. On subsequent appearances there were clashes between supporters and
> opponents and even the gendarmerie had necessarily been involved.
> 
> 
> In the month prior to the Festival, *Django Reinhardt* played in the ABC
> theatre, near Les Halles. Dizzy went there one night after his performance.
> He found the guitarist along with bassist *Emmanuel Soudieux*. Django was
> positively surprised, because he had already met the trumpeter during his
> visit to America in 1946 and the two musicians had become good friends and
> admired each other.
> <http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C8n_kI2JSts/VVy_bjt-VrI/AAAAAAAADTM/jetkpxyGTZY/s1600/dizzy-and-django.jpg>Dizzy
> Gillespie & Django Reinhardt
> Spontaneously that night resulted in a jam session which Soudieux
> remembered how great both musicians played and exchanged turns and what a
> pleasure they experienced doing it.
> 
> *Delaunay*also arranged a concert for Dizzy in Marseille plus - as
> mentioned earlier - participation in the great jazz event in Nice.
> 
> <http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UxDQAl9omxw/VVzAWGyk3WI/AAAAAAAADTY/BFGpx4FNz3g/s1600/signed%2Bfrontpage%2Bof%2Bfestival%2Bprogram%2B1948.jpg>Festival
> program
> *Jazz and Entertainment*
> 
> Now something about the actual festival: To maximize the attraction of the
> public to this event there had been reserved rooms the first day where
> could be danced to the music of famous orchestras, while later that week
> could be attended concerts.
> 
> <http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zGDMEnsDMzU/VVzBAqtxbkI/AAAAAAAADTg/E0GiJMW1Q-Q/s1600/hotel%2Bnegresco.jpg>Hotel
> Negresco
> It was mainly the Americans who entertained dance lovers in the large halls
> of the *Hotel Negresco*. But afterwards several band members joined - to
> the delight of many Frenchmen - jam sessions in other places, i.e. "*Monte
> Cristo*" or "*Christies*". Well known American musicians were treated with
> admiration and with all respect by the staff at Negresco. Especially the
> drummer of Armstrong's orchestra, *Sidney Catlett* and vocalist *Velma
> Middleton* led to the astonishment of the Negresco staff when ordering the
> most expensive drinks and meals at 4 o'clock in the morning.
> <http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X7sInQlPNkE/VVzBgcVhwaI/AAAAAAAADTo/TcvWk2Irac0/s1600/group_Hotel%2BNegresco%252C%2BNice%2B1948.JPG>Hotel
> Negresco: l-r: Louis Vola, Barney Bigard, Django Reinhardt, Earl Hines,
> Stéphane Grappelli, Sidney Catlett, Arwell Shaw
> And there was, of course, enormous attention and praise for *Satchmo* and
> to a lesser extent, the famous French artist *Boris Vian*. Nice to say is
> that among the celebrities were also young European jazz musicians
> like *Humphrey
> Lyttlelton* and *Toots Thielemans*, who - as we know - later would make
> great furor.
> 
> During the "Nuit de Jazz” there was also a "Tour de Chant" with French
> singers *Yves Montand, Suzy Delaire* and coming from Nice *Henri Betti*;
> all naturally attracted extra crowds. The hall offered for this event for
> 600 visitors claimed 5,000 francs for each seating.
> 
> *Georg Lankester*
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