[Dixielandjazz] Buddy Bolden, was Armstrong-Eldridge

[Marek Boym]

The "genealogical" theory is nonsense.
I query bpth Jabbo Smith's and Red Allens being "Armstrong copyists."
Actually both sound quite different.
And how does Bix fit in?
Cheers

On 13 April 2017 at 03:59, Anton Crouch <anton.crouch at optusnet.com.au>
wrote:

> The extensive discussion in this thread reminds me of the old 1950s "begat
> theory" of New Orleans trumpet players. The theory was that Buddy Bolden
> begat King Oliver, who begat Armstrong, who begat Eldridge. Naive romantic
> mythology, assuming a simple linear progression.
>
> What did Bolden sound like and what is the evidence for a direct
> connection with Oliver? Dan Hardie may have something to say about this :-)
>
> The "line" branches at Armstrong and we have to take into account the
> "Armstrong copyists". Jabbo Smith, Henry Allen, Jack Purvis and Valaida
> Snow. And where does Bunk Johnson fit in? Johnson was probably younger than
> he claimed and there is an interesting interview with Rudi Blesh in which
> he has to be prompted to claim to remember King Oliver.
>
> Anton
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