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<p>Jack Purvis was a wonderful player - a ringer for Louis, but also
a developer of the style. He lived an amazing life, just
unbelievable, but true. If you can find his lone CD it has a
magnificent 60 page sleeve note, which is how much it took to
recount his life. Failing that, I wrote a 1,000 word piece on him
in Jazz Journal last year. On one of his releases from gaol he
committed a crime just to get back in because he so much missed
playing in the very good prison band.</p>
<p>Is there anyone else who doesn't think that Henry Red and Jabbo
derived their styles totally from Louis's? Bix and a few of his
followers were the only contemporaries who didn't owe Louis a
substantial debt. Others, like the wonderful Billy Butterfield,
could blend Louis's and Bix's styles together. There's as superb
LP called 'Billy Plays Bix' where you can hear this.<br>
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<p>Steve V</p>
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<div>The "genealogical" theory is nonsense.<br>
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I query bpth Jabbo Smith's and Red Allens being "Armstrong
copyists." Actually both sound quite different.<br>
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And how does Bix fit in?<br>
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extensive discussion in this thread reminds me of
the old 1950s "begat theory" of New Orleans
trumpet players. The theory was that Buddy Bolden
begat King Oliver, who begat Armstrong, who begat
Eldridge. Naive romantic mythology, assuming a
simple linear progression.<br>
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What did Bolden sound like and what is the
evidence for a direct connection with Oliver? Dan
Hardie may have something to say about this :-)<br>
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The "line" branches at Armstrong and we have to
take into account the "Armstrong copyists". Jabbo
Smith, Henry Allen, Jack Purvis and Valaida Snow.
And where does Bunk Johnson fit in? Johnson was
probably younger than he claimed and there is an
interesting interview with Rudi Blesh in which he
has to be prompted to claim to remember King
Oliver.<br>
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