<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19246"><span></span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19149">the Parker nonsense as I recall it had the statement <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19196"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19197">"the faceless man, for almost no photograph exists..."<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19199"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19200" dir="ltr">THUS EXCLUDING OTHER GROUNDS FOR AN ALLEGATION OF FACELESSNESS <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19543">I hope !!!! <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19201"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19202"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19203"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19204">The Doug Suggs point was that there is a photograph but without a face <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19378">and otherwise anything else you'd expect to see in a photo of a pianist at a session.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19205"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19206" dir="ltr">the left hand edge takes that off. It's an amazing image.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19706"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19207"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19208">Other than as an expression of interest or confession of ignorance the phrase "never heard of..." commonly evokes a wince ... All those blasted darlings whose feigned interest is only in somebody famous. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19512"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19209"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19210">For some reason the original Suggs recordings have been taken off YouTube --</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19211"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19212"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19213">but other than the added bass and drums the presentation linked below is pretty close <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19214"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19215" dir="ltr">-- and so, if you want to plunge into the even obscurer, is the piano accompaniment on a couple of 1930s recordings by Little David (whose surname was it seems Alexander, he should not be confused with Mr. Eldridge, le Roy David, or with a Dave Alexander who came along later). Or with the Alecsandy Brothers, a splendid spoof on sentimentalscottery committed to film by Stanley Baxter -- and do not say he played both roles and used split screen camera-work (in pre-computer days) to save the cost of hiring a second kilt! Music, please! <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19216"></div><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19217"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19218">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7eyL1c6Gb8</div> <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19220"> Sweet Patootie - Doug Suggs' version<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19221">Geneva "Fête de la musique" 2012, with Daniel Falletti on double bass and Tox Drohar on drums. Doug Su... <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19222"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19223"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19224">Robert R. Calder <br></div><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19230" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19229"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19228"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19227"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19226" size="2" face="Arial"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19225" size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Marek Boym <marekboym@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> ROBERT R. CALDER <serapion@btinternet.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, 9 April 2017, 19:14<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Dixielandjazz] Parley Parker<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19231"><br><div id="yiv6148009584"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19235"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19234"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19233"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19232">Well, do a few hundred pictures prove he was not faceless? So what if he had been photographed countless times, and even filmed?<br clear="none"></div>I've never heard of Doug Suggs.<br clear="none"></div>Cheers<br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv6148009584gmail_extra" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491756764535_19236"><br></div></div></div><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>