<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 1/23/2003 4:15:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, dixielandjazz-request@ml.islandnet.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">At 08:57 AM 1/22/2003 -0600, Pat Cooke wrote:<BR>
>>> IMHO, stride is for solo piano....when you have a bass player,<BR>
>leave<BR>
>>>the bass notes for the bass to play. I find a comping style much easier<BR>
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>>>play bass with.<BR>
>>> Also, a piano and a banjo(or guitar) in the same band is not a good<BR>
>>>idea, unless they have played together long enough to know what chords<BR>
>the<BR>
>>>other will be using and when to make the changes.<BR>
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Dan Spink adds his thought for the day:<BR>
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I agree, as I often do, with you, Pat. One other thought. It's not only the notes (who plays the driving bass notes) but also the chords and what, if anything, is done to fill and "walk" a line in the bass. A good piano man should be able to play as though he or she were playing accompaniment piano, listening carefully to what the banjo, guitar, bass, etc. is doing and working around them as well as filling in for them when necessary. In short, it takes team work.<BR>
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Dan (piano fingers) Spink</FONT></HTML>