Hi I've been much enjoying some great brass bass work by Vernon Page with the Bennie Moten band. Not having any reference works to hand can anyone enlighten me...
Have you checked with John Chilton's "Who's Who of Jazz"?.I had an RCA LP of Bennie Moten from 1932 to '34 but I don't recall his name in the articles I've...
... John Chilton's Who's Who of Jazz notes that Walter Page is not related to Vernon Page. Can't gind any biography of Vernon. Any offers? Howard Rye, 20...
On April 1, 2007 the last of Louis Armstrong's great drummers, Danny Barcelona, died at the age of 77. Here is the article where I read the sad news: ...
I'm right now in the middle of The Real Jazz/Hugues Panassie, it is written "copyright 1942" but the preface doesn't give the years he worked on these...
on 12/5/07 9:58, tommersl at tommersl@... wrote: I'm right now in the middle of The Real Jazz/Hugues Panassie, it is written "copyright 1942" but the...
I've read a number of articles that Panassie was quoted from on the backs of LP albums.I had a book by Robert Goffin but that was some thirty years ago(in the...
If I may step in on this thread. I read Panassie's first book about 37 years ago. The same for Shining Trumpets by Blesh. I personally dismiss both books....
... Presumably you don't read French and have therefore never read Discographie Critique or any of Panassié's reviews in the Hot Club Bulletin. He wrote...
... fairness, don't we all? But their writings need to be put into perspective. Personally I prefer someone who is a Jazz critic or any art critic to define...
" Jazz can be defined, but only in terms of a flexible, growing art which changes as the conditions under which it is performed change, and because thinking...
... I am not about to defend Blesh's absurdities, which are many and varied, and especially later when he changed his views and tried to incorporate players he...
... once ... second ... of the ... I am curious about the dates Panassie revisited his own views of his first book, as I want to know whether the 1939...
Poor old Panassie. He was a pioneeer, an enthusiast, a doer. He wrote books, organized sessions, contributed to magazines, made mistakes. Same for Blesh,...
I have never read any of the named authors. Although long ago I read numerous articles after having played "jazz" for over 15 years, I still feel at sea as to...
... For what it's worth (possibly not a lot) he offers an explanation in the preface to the second edition of 'The Real Jazz', here summarized: "I had had the...
... through white ... jazz." ... who had ... criticized in ... unconsciously ... first." ... is not ... though I ... Road to ... moment of ... Dodge wrote...
Panassié we have done here before and I do not want to repeat. It is a pleasure to read Howard but I cannot accept his nice Japanese Temple Drums analogy....
That was the point of my original post on this. Thanks, Dave. It appears you said it better than me. ... From: David Brown Date: Monday, May 14, 2007 5:19 am...
... Panassié ... history ... Before dismissing all Panassie's works on the basis of racism, I think it is a real need to know whether he was really a racist....
I fully understand what you are saying. The point presented appears to be based on one singular premise. Since, in truth, the origins and consolidation of...
... From: "David Brown" ... Really? I liked it because I think it was the best way to insist, once again, on the fact that defining a musician as "white" or...
... We've done all the other stuff before too! Panassié defined jazz as an African-American style and related players who were not of African-American culture...
I think it's important to bear in mind that we are talking about opinions formed and expressed mainly in the first half of the last century. In those days,...
... to be based on one singular premise. Since, in truth, the origins and consolidation of musical forms which gave us the great and special music we have...
Please note that in MY part of the world, racist refers to a pattern of thinking which translates into behavior. It is worse than being an insult, it keeps...
... Incidentally, ... I'm not sure how anyone could be sure at this point... I would guess that they inspired eachother. From 'Hear Me Talkin' To Ya': "[Jimmy...
Greetings. I'm rather new to this, and have really only responded to one topic in the past few months since finding this site. You mentioned Jack Teagarden,...
