[Dixielandjazz] grandparents in the swing era blues?

[Andrew Homzy]

Hello Marek,

While I appreciate your postings here, I find your musical limitations disqualify you from offering any cogent assessment of jazz artists who reach beyond rather basic entertainment.

Harry James was a master trumpeter and capable of a wide range of artistic expression.

His massive discography speaks volumes to his scope.Were he alive today, he might have put out a big band hip-hop recording ~~~

Cheers,

Andrew



> On May 6, 2020, at 2:28 PM, Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, 6 May 2020 at 23:24, Stan Brager <stanbrager at gmail.com <mailto: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
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> 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!

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