[Dixielandjazz] The Dukes, again!

[Marek Boym]

Sure, Jim,
A controversial band.  I have heard all the Dukes' Audiofidelity records
and only liked the two with Armstrong.
But I have also heard the early band with a very young Pete Fountain (RCA)
and found it pretty good, and the two Chicago LPs, as well as the
Disneyland recordings I find excellent (just listened to one of them, with
Herb Ellis on guitar - wow!
So it must have been the rhythm section.  However, I've heard their rhythm
players with other, older, Crescent City musicians, an those are hot and
swinging.  So what is it - I cannot really  put a finger on the flaw, but,
somehow, the whole sounds less than its parts.
I have lost either my speakers or the sound card, so I cannot watch the
video.  The computer mavin will be here on Tuesday, and we'll see.
Cheers
Cheers

On Sun, 31 May 2020 at 20:15, <jim at kashprod.com> wrote:

> It seems that if one wishes to see a bit of controversy on djml, then all
> you have to do is mention the name “The Dukes of Dixieland”.  Of course,
> I’m referring to the original band which had a lot to do with my early days
> of listening to Jazz.  I just can not see how anyone could deem this
> version, for example, of “Over The Waves” as being anything but great, hot,
> driving jazz, but as soon as some hear the name of the band, they
> immediately conjure up commercialism, etc., and don’t want to go any
> further.  Very curious!  Anyway, have a listen:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwZdT9GUhIk
>
>
>
> Ok, Freddy does his “popping trombone” thing maybe a chorus or two too
> much here, but he does it like no one else I’ve ever heard, and it is very
> effective.  Papa is better on the banjo than the trombone, but the two
> horns together work really nicely always.  And, yes, it is quite arranged,
> but one would expect that if doing a tv show.
>
>
>
> I heard them live in a small, off the casino floor, lounge in Las Vegas in
> the early 1960’s.  Loved the fact that they went from string bass to tuba
> depending on the style of the song (swing/march), and they played as though
> it was a full house, and we were only two people in the lounge the whole
> set (it was only 6pm!)  A great, professional, swinging band, who just
> happened to be well-known, also (which isn’t really a bad thing!).
>
>
>
> Just to put out a good word again for some good memories!
>
>
>
> Jim
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