<div dir="auto">Hi, Gene and all. Your short bio caught my eye because of your mention of the Dukes. Although I began listening to Turk, et al, in the mid 1950s, I soon got interested in the Dukes. Something, by the way, that is not always accepted as being a good thing in Jazz circles, and even on this list. To this day, I maintain that, even though they became a a success (for some reason that is not acceptable!), they did play some hot jazz. I heard them in a casino lounge in Las Vegas in about 1963. A basically empty room, and they played as though it were a full house! A lesson that I have carried with me through my whole musical life. Hats off to the Dukes! (Now I'll duck in case of flying objects!!)<br><br></div>
<div dir="auto">Oh, I continued to listen to Turk, and many, many others, but was drawn to the Dukes possibly because my trombone style was closer to the style of the Dukes. <br><br></div>
<div dir="auto">Jim<br><br></div>
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