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Leonard Feather
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:47 am
by Haydn
I discovered this CD recently. Apparently Leonard Feather was a famous critic who also got musicians together to record occasionally.
http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sq ... 3zefbk8gfj
Has anybody heard of him before?
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:01 am
by trev
Yes, he was part of Esquire Magazine's All Star recordings in the 40s, and 'recorded' as "Leonard Feather's Esquire All Stars". Look for the "Summit Meetings 1939-1950" CD set.
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:28 am
by PhysicsDan
IIRC, it was this series of recordings that prompted Eddie Condon to say something (reports vary) along the lines of:
Why do we need a Frenchman coming over here to tell us how to play jazz? Do I go over there and tell them how to jump on a grape?
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:43 pm
by Eyeball
PhysicsDan wrote:IIRC, it was this series of recordings that prompted Eddie Condon to say something (reports vary) along the lines of:
Why do we need a Frenchman coming over here to tell us how to play jazz? Do I go over there and tell them how to jump on a grape?
Condon was talking about Hughes Pannasie of France.
Leonard Feather was British.
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:49 pm
by Haydn
Eyeball wrote:Leonard Feather was British.
I thought he was - thanks
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:59 pm
by Eyeball
Stanley Dance was British, too. One the scene when it was all happening. I like his writing very much.
I know I learned a lot about the history of Swing bands by reading LP liner notes written by Stanley Dance. He had impeccable taste. And he found a wife who had the same taste and skill, Helen Oakley.
Lucky!