[Dixielandjazz] Frits Kaatee

[Marek Boym]

Dear Bill,
According to Ted Easton's liner notes, they "had more musicians in the
house than one could ever afford.  Later, much later, surrounded by empty
bottles, Billy was on stage in the middle of a dozen swinging jazzmusicians
(sic), kind of directing the traffic..."  "Guys were borrowing each other's
hors to have a blow; we selected a 12-bar blues: HOW COME YOU DO ME LIKE
YOU DO...  Well, the result is right here on the record..."
The quotes, including the capitals, are as they appear on the cover.
Unlike Tom Lord, he was there, Butterfield guested with his band in his
club, so he should know.  And he gives one date only - June 28, 1975.
My copy is on Circle CLP-37, not the original Riff.
With kind regards

On 20 February 2016 at 22:49, Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> Marek Boym wrote:
> > Give credit where credit's due!
> > I have just finished listening to Rilly Butterfield with Ted Easton
> (originally on Riff).
> > It's a wonderful record.  But good as it is, the last number - the over
> 14" "How Come You Do Me Like You Do" - is worth the price of admission! So
> why Frits Kaatee, who plays throughout? Because on that tune the band is
> joined by some of the greatest stars playing at the time - Roy Williams
> (trombone), my all-time favourite tenor saxophonist Bud Freeman and Bob
> Wilber.  Now, to shine in THAT company is quite an achievement, and that is
> just what Frits Kaatee does - shines on both alto sax and clarinet.
>
> Dear Marek
> This LP?
>
> For Better Blues And Ballads: Billy Butterfield With Ted Easton's Jazz
> Band:
> Riff (Du) 659.013,
> Billy Butterfield (tp,flhrn) Henk van Muyen (tb) Roy Williams (tb-1) Frits
> Kaatee (cl,as,ts) Bud Freeman (ts-1) Bob Wilber (sop-1) Brian Lemon (p-1)
> Pim Hogervorst (bj) Jacques Kingma (b) Ted Easton (d)
> Scheveningen, The Netherlands, June 28, 1975
>     Rosetta
>     She's funny that way
>     Someday you'll be sorry
>     Star dust
>     Blue Lou
>     How come you do me like you do ? (1)
>
> It would seem from the following note in Tom Lord's Jazz Discography that
> the international visitors over-dubbed their parts at later dates.
> Note: (1) Recorded April 8, 1976 (Roy Williams, Bob Wilber, Bud Freeman,
> Brian Lemon) & November 9, 1975 (Williams, Wilber, Lemon).
>
> However, I am getting into my friend Gerard Bielderman's territory.
> Perhaps he can explain what it is all about.
> Looking through the Easton discography, it seems that he (Easton) did
> this  occasionally, including a session on 17 Juy 1976 when Cootie Williams
> dubbed in his part and Mr Katee over-dubbed his clarinet part on "Creole
> Love Call" using two fictitious names.
> Kind regards,
> Bill.
>
>