Re: BIX on an Edison Cylinder?
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2016 4:44 am
Good to get feedback. Keep it up.
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All true. TD could give out in a style I'd call "white dixieland" (pardon my redundancy), rather unlike his usual silky smooth lyrical production. BTW, trombonists were greatly influenced by TD, and not just jazz trombonists, but also "legit" players of all kinds, including symphony musicians (ask me how I know!). Of course, there is the debatable question of whether or not TD was a "real" jazzer. I guess compared to, say, Kid Ory, he wasn't, but OTOH he could cook in the Bix kitchen for sure.gramophone-georg wrote:The Rust discography says it is, too. TD could play a lot more raw and jazz oriented than many people gave him credit for, though. He was also a more than adequate jazz trumpeter. I've collected his mostly uncredited trumpet playing records and not a one disappoints.Henry wrote:
In the personnel list at the beginning to the youtube post, I recognize the name of trombonist Bill Rank. He had a tart and angular playing style quite unlike the glossy smooth, lyrical sound of TD. Both were great players in their individual ways. Rank liked to do wide register leaps in his solos, and was delightfully unpredictable and inventive in his musical ideas, while TD was the epitome of the pure legato style.
Yep, that's Bill Rank alright, no doubt about it. I'd know that sound anywhere.
Many thanks for posting this one!