Royal Garden Blues 1964

	Duration: 04:59 minutes Upload Time: 07-02-12 15:53:50 User: ilbofilms :::: Favorites
Description: Royal Garden Blues Condon 1964 Eddie Condon and his All Stars .To me this was the most exciting band when I was in my twenties. We had a jazz band in the early sixties and we tried to play stylistically just like that. Obviously we managed reasonably good. We became winners of the Dutch AVRO radio jazz competiton with a special mention by famous jazz critic Michael de Ruyter on my playing in the Wild Bill Davison style. Our price was a concert in the The Hague Kurhaus Concert Hall with jazz clarinettist Albert Nicholas in 1965. Naturally Wild Bill Davison was my hero, and even today, more than 40 years later I still get excited hearing him play, then with this clip also being able to see him in action is that extra dimension. Absolutely wonderful. Eddie had different musician combinations in his groups but particularly with Bill on trumpet, Edmund Hall on clarinet and Cutty Cutshall was their hottest one. I wish I could sit with my trombonist from those years and see this clip together. Jan Meeuwisse, I lost contact, hope he is still alive, was totally addicted to Cutty Cutshall. In this recording, which I had never seen before, was made around 1964. In the rhythm group are Willy The "Lyon" Smith on piano, Al Hall on the bass and one of the greatest dixieland drummers, you guessed it, George Wettling. Typical of many of the Eddie Condon recordings. One doesn't hear much of Eddie's 4 string guitar playing. He was there, but probable just for encouragement, with a glass of whiskey working on his memoires. Enough said. I'm going to listen to this hot "Royal Garden Blues" again
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sailorvet ::: Favorites This Wild Bill. He does not play so much as he erupts. 07-07-19 22:42:07 _____________________________________________________
bjomich ::: Favorites Wild Bill always kept a dynamic drive, it was a GREAT experience to play with him back in the seventies, touring Sweden with the strange combination of Peruna Jazzmen and Wild Bill Davison. 07-06-07 18:31:32 _____________________________________________________
DADRENO ::: Favorites Eddie Condon - see title 07-03-27 05:17:24 _____________________________________________________
JazzySaxE ::: Favorites never really understood dixieland, still don't, but it looks fun! 07-03-04 22:14:40 _____________________________________________________
madchops82 ::: Favorites what do you mean you never understood it. Sorry, I just don't understand your comment. 07-06-01 01:39:26 _____________________________________________________
JazzySaxE ::: Favorites i didnt get it now i do 07-07-02 01:21:45 _____________________________________________________
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valvetrom ::: Favorites You have to play it to understand it. On the trombone you nearly can play any tune, if you can trust the trumpeter to come up with the melody sortof,(Wild Bill already palys his own version on RyalGarden,) then you need very good ears for chords and scales. Its great fun, it safes all the music reading etc. 07-07-02 01:05:33 _____________________________________________________
JazzySaxE ::: Favorites thanks! I'll stick to my kind of Jazz thank you! I like contemporary jazz 07-07-02 01:21:26 _____________________________________________________
Buglebill ::: Favorites This is one of the greatest of all classic Dixieland tunes !! Who's the band and the musicians?? 07-02-14 15:49:12 _____________________________________________________
ilbofilms ::: Favorites check on the right side of the film 07-02-15 01:01:35 _____________________________________________________
bluesdave ::: Favorites Willie The Lion Smith on piano 07-02-24 20:15:36 _____________________________________________________