[Dixielandjazz] Parley Parker

[ROBERT R. CALDER]

the Parker nonsense as I recall it had the statement 

"the faceless man, for almost no photograph exists..."
THUS EXCLUDING OTHER GROUNDS FOR AN ALLEGATION OF FACELESSNESS 
I hope !!!!  

The Doug Suggs point was that there is a photograph but without a face 
and otherwise anything else you'd expect to see in a photo of a pianist at a session.
the left hand edge takes that off.  It's an amazing image.
Other than as an expression of interest or confession of ignorance the phrase "never heard of..."  commonly evokes a wince ...  All those blasted darlings whose feigned interest is only in somebody famous. 

For some reason the original Suggs recordings have been taken off YouTube --
but other than the added bass and drums the presentation linked below is pretty close 
-- and so, if you want to plunge into the even obscurer, is the piano accompaniment on a couple of 1930s recordings by Little David (whose surname was it seems Alexander, he should not be confused with Mr. Eldridge, le Roy David, or with a Dave Alexander who came along later).  Or with the Alecsandy Brothers,  a splendid spoof on sentimentalscottery committed to film by Stanley Baxter -- and do not say he played both roles and used split screen camera-work (in pre-computer days) to save the cost of hiring a second kilt! Music, please! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7eyL1c6Gb8   
 Sweet Patootie - Doug Suggs' version
Geneva "Fête de la musique" 2012, with Daniel Falletti on double bass and Tox Drohar on drums. Doug Su...   

Robert R. Calder 

      From: Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com>
 To: ROBERT R. CALDER <serapion at btinternet.com> 
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Well, do a few hundred pictures prove he was not faceless?  So what if he had been photographed countless times, and even filmed?
I've never heard of Doug Suggs.
Cheers


   
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