[Dixielandjazz] Basin Street Six - "Margie" question

[Charles Suhor]

I have this excellent CD of the Six. They were the hottest young band of the postwar revival, a joy to hear. I thought them to be far more swinging than the Dukes, who turned blatantly commercial—and successful—with their first Audio Fidelity LP (in hi-fi, an innovation at there time). Despite this, Frank Assunto continued to grow as a trumpeter in my view. The Six used to clown around a lot on the bandstand and play occasional flagwavers like Waiting for the Robert E. Lee, so they got a bad rap as a “funny hats band” from some critics. But then they’d turn around and play a jazz tune that would knock yer socks off.  Girard and Pete didn’t get along so the Six broke up, and George brought a fine unit into the Famous Door. 

Charlie

> On Jan 8, 2016, at 12:36 AM, Fuzzy <fuzzymail at fuzzyjazz.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for all the responses.  For those who weren't able to view the
> YouTube video, I've posted the first minute or so of the audio recording
> here for discussion: http://fuzzyjazz.com/DJML/
> 
> Please let me know if there are any problems listening to the sample.
> 
> Thanks,
> Fuzzy
> 
> 
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