[Dixielandjazz] Parley Parker

[Marek Boym]

I believe that I have read that nonsense on the back of a Saga LP.
I have already tried the version by listmate Jacques.


On 9 April 2017 at 21:42, ROBERT R. CALDER <serapion at btinternet.com> wrote:

> 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
>
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> *From:* Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com>
> *To:* ROBERT R. CALDER <serapion at btinternet.com>
> *Cc:* Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> *Sent:* Sunday, 9 April 2017, 19:14
> *Subject:* Re: [Dixielandjazz] Parley Parker
>
> 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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