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

Mon Sep 14 05:32:17 PDT 2015

The way I've heard the story it happened at teh manchester Sports Guild.
Cheers

On 14 September 2015 at 11:01, Steve Voce <stevevoce at virginmedia.com> wrote:

> Don't malign Manchester. 'The Dirty Bopper' incident happened to Bruce
> when he was playing in Birmingham with the Humphrey Lyttelton band.
>
> Steve Voce
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On 14 Sep 2015, at 08:51, Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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."
> >
> > 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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> > שולח: *Keep (it) Swinging, *
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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
> >
> >
> > 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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> > *Jo*
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