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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Amen Bob! And it was MUCH, MUCH worse at
the concert the next night in Modesto!!!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Margaret</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=cellblk7@attbi.com href="mailto:cellblk7@attbi.com">Bob Romans</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=JimDBB@aol.com
href="mailto:JimDBB@aol.com">JimDBB@aol.com</A> ; <A
title=dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 08, 2003 5:52
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Dixielandjazz] Arturo
Sandoval plays Bix</DIV>
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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
href="http://www.cellblockseven2002.net">www.cellblockseven2002.net</A><BR>>=iii=<0</FONT></DIV>
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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"
face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>
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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
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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
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR> </FONT><FONT lang=0
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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"><BR></B><BR> </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
<BR>Beebe<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT>
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