[Dixielandjazz] grandparents in the swing era blues?

[Marek Boym]

Hello Andrew,
We are not the only people who disagree, and shall remain so.
Harry James was indeed a master trumpeter, and you are probably right - "
Were he alive today, he might have put out a big band hip-hop recording -
he was commercial enough.
As to basic entertainment - I beg to disagree.  I don't like the "showy"
parts of live music, only honest playing.  But I am old enough to realize
the necessities of business.  Working musicians cannot depend on jazz fans
alone.
Your patronizing tone makes me wonder whether you are qualified to offer
"any cogent assessment of jazz artists."  To you, if one's opinion differs
from yours, one has no idea what he (or she) is talking about.   I have had
the MISFORTUNE (yes, indeed!) to hear them all, except the really young
ones - Miles, Brubeck, Ornette, Wayne Shorter, Coltrane- you name them.
Some - before I had even heard the name of Wild Bill Davison.  It took me
quite a few years to separate the grain from the chaff, and whatever you
say I am not going back to chaff again!
Had it not been for the patronizing tone, I wouldn't have replied to your
post - I've been through this so many times before!  Because there is room
for all kinds in this wide world.
Stay healthy.
Cheers,
Marek


On Thu, 7 May 2020 at 02:02, Andrew Homzy <andrew.homzy at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
>
>
>
> 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!
>
>
>
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