[Dixielandjazz] Gene, Dukes of Dixieland

[Jim Kashishian]

Hi, Gene and all.  Your short bio caught my eye because of your mention of the Dukes.  Although I began listening to Turk, et al, in the mid 1950s, I soon got interested in the Dukes.  Something, by the way, that is not always accepted as being a good thing in Jazz circles, and even on this list.  To this day, I maintain that, even though they became a a success (for some reason that is not acceptable!), they did play some hot jazz.  I heard them in a casino lounge in Las Vegas in about 1963.  A basically empty room, and they played as though it were a full house!  A lesson that I have carried with me through my whole musical life.  Hats off to the Dukes!  (Now I'll duck in case of flying objects!!)

Oh, I continued to listen to Turk, and many, many others, but was drawn to the Dukes possibly because my trombone style was closer to the style of the Dukes.  

Jim

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