[Dixielandjazz] grandparents in the swing era blues?

[Marek Boym]

On Wed, 6 May 2020 at 23:24, Stan Brager <stanbrager at gmail.com> wrote:

> Harry James was not always associated with swing era jazz.  In his later
> years, his music played more modern jazz


I have never heard James live, but I've heard his later recordings.  So,
true, it was not always swing era jazz, but modern?  I'd say sweet, even
syrupy, but modern?
Many years ago a Canadian journalist was rather upset when we referred to
Harry James as a jazz musician.  "What? He and his terrible dance band
trumpet?"  Of course we right away started playing James' old records as a
blindfold test.  He inferred who it was from the context, but said he had
never heard James playing like that.  I ave some small (and big) band later
recordings, with Willie Smith and Corky Corcoran, and they are anything but
modern!
Cheers

> for which than he's given credit.
> I remember hearing him in Los Angeles playing in that vein.
>
> Stan
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