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?
Leonard Feather
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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?
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?
In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.
-P. Dirac
-P. Dirac
Condon was talking about Hughes Pannasie of France.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?
Leonard Feather was British.
Will big bands ever come back?
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!
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!
Will big bands ever come back?