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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Great trumpet player, but when he appeared
in Stockton as guest of the San Joaquin Delta College Jazz band, he played two
trumpet solos the first half. The rest of the time he was on piano or
a Cuban/Latin drum set right up front. In Atherton Auditorium, where you
can almost hear a pin drop on stage, ten foot speakers on each side were
blasting out at almost unbearable levels. Half of the musicians in the band are
friends of mine, and they all told me later that he was a real A _ _
H_ _ _ to them at the rehearsal. A great, talented trumpet player
perhaps, but something is lacking somewhere!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>My wife and I gave him a walking
ovation...</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bob Romans<BR>Cell Block 7<BR>Jazz Band<BR>1617
Lakeshore Dr.,<BR>Lodi, California,
95242<BR>Phone.....209-368-3255<BR>Cell...209-747-1148<BR>Fax...209-368-3255<BR>WebPages..click
below<BR><A
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Original Message-----</B><BR><B>From:
</B><A href="mailto:JimDBB@aol.com">JimDBB@aol.com</A> <<A
href="mailto:JimDBB@aol.com">JimDBB@aol.com</A>><BR><B>To: </B><A
href="mailto:dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com">dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com</A>
<<A
href="mailto:dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com">dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com</A>><BR><B>Date:
</B>Saturday, February 08, 2003 12:43 AM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Re:
[Dixielandjazz] Arturo Sandoval plays Bix<BR><BR></DIV></FONT><FONT
face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=3>In a message dated 2/7/03 8:42:22 PM Central
Standard Time, <A
href="mailto:barbonestreet@earthlink.net">barbonestreet@earthlink.net</A>
writes:<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"
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TYPE="CITE">He turned a music stand around and there was the American Flag.
He then<BR>proceeded to play three chorus' s of "America The Beautiful." One
very<BR>soft low register, one an octave up and the last another octave up,
with<BR>piano / guitar / drum backing. He got louder and louder as he
finished<BR>and didn't miss or crack a note, even way up in altissimo. I
have to<BR>tell you that there wasn't a dry eye among us in the house.
Thunderous<BR>applause and an outpouring of love for this man like you've
never seen.<BR><BR>Regarding whether or not he can portray Bix accurately,
let me be the<BR>first to say that I think he can probably play Bix better
than any<BR>living musician can. In fact I think he can play exactly
like whomever<BR>he wants. He is a virtuoso, great feel for the music and a
determination<BR>to succeed that equals or exceeds that of anybody I know.
He studies the<BR>music and the musicians he wants to play and he gets into
it. At least<BR>that what I hear in his music, and I have a lot of
it.</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><B>Steve...I'm going to have to call you on this.
There is just no way in my universe that this guy who plays "America the
Beautiful" three times, each time louder and higher, is able to "play Bix
better than any living musician." This grandstanding is the antithesis
of Bix Beiderbecke.</B><BR><BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">So I can hardly wait for his interpretations of those early
jazz<BR>musicians. He may just surprise us all. And, of course, I eagerly
await<BR>his protrayal of Louis thinking that finally we'll get a rendition
by a<BR>muso that can produce Louis' fire and energy, instead of just
playing<BR>the notes.<BR><BR>Cheers<BR>Steve
Barbone</BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> <B>I, for one, do not await his portrayal of
Armstrong. I fear that it will be at the same level of Nicholas Payton's
pathetic attempts at playing Armstrong.</FONT><FONT lang=0
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><B>The thing is, Steve, that Bix and Louis respected each
other enough to never attempt to mimic each other. Louis never played
Bix's tunes and vice versa. Incidentally, out of respect for Bunny
Berigan, Louis Armstrong would never play, "I can't get started with
you."</B><BR><BR> <B> I hereby, publically, ask Arturo Sandoval to
leave Bix and Louis alone.<BR></B><BR> Jim
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