[Dixielandjazz] Reviews of Don Suhor CD

[Charles Suhor]

Hello, Bert— Glad you dug the CDs. Yes, Don played all styles of jazz but the most calls were understandably for Dixieland gigs on clarinet. Trumpeter Wendell Brunious wrote to me, "I admired the way he could go from style to style seamlessly and flawlessly." On Wendell's "Dippermouth Blues" track Don plays the traditional Dodds solo then moves with ease into his "dixiebop" synthesis. Even on alto sax he often blended styles. The Don Vappie quartet has a multi-style ball on "South Rampart Street Parade" because all the guys have bebop skills and deep roots in New Orleans music and they knew how to have fun by crossing the lines. 

Charles

> On Aug 29, 2018, at 3:58 PM, Bert <mister_bertje at hotmail.com <mailto:mister_bertje at hotmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> Hello Charles,
> 
> I also listened to the two Don Suhor CDs, and was stunned by the versatility. Funny that he took the same (shorter) form on Petite Fleur like Monty Sunshine had introduced, instead of the extra long notes Bechet always used on his own composition. It all really gives the impression one could call Don for any given Jazz style in New Orleans at the time, whether traditional New Orleans, straight Dixie, Swing or Bebop. He just seems to have known all the different "dialects" or "languages". Very impressive.  
> Enjoyed listening to the records a lot.
> 
> Bert
> 
> quote Charles: 
> 
> Early reviews of my late brother Don's Jazzology 2-CD set, "Don Suhor—New Orleans Clarinet and Sax Virtuoso," are out. Great comments from Peter Lay in London, Geraldine Wycoff in a N.O., and Scott Yanow in Syncopated Times. Some snippets...
> 
> “Highly Recommended! These CDs mean that Don Suhor’s talents will not go unsung.” --Peter Lay, Just Jazz magazine (July 2018)
> 
> “Don Suhor thoroughly embraced both traditional and modern jazz and often would infiltrate one of these kissin’ cousins within the other. He also brought an equal amount of fervor to the clarinet, his first instrument, and the saxophone. Don Suhor continually demonstrates his love of all jazz and the wholeness that remains the music’s, as well as his, essence.”--Geraldine Wycoff, New Orleans OffBeat weekly (July 31, 2018)
> 
> “On both of his instruments, Suhor had a wide range and was able to high very high notes with ease, making the occasional leaps into the stratosphere a logical part of his open-mined style....Despite his lack of interest in being documented, the release of this twofer lets one enjoy the musical legacy of Don Suhor, a talent who deserves to be remembered.”--Scott Yanow,  Syncopated Times (August 2018) 
> 
> Smiles aplenty,
> 
> Charles
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