[78-L] Venuti!

[David Lennick]

And vy nobody Helmut Zacharias is mentioning? Schweinhunten!

dl

soundthink at aol.com wrote:
> Sacre bleu!! You don't know what you're missing. Venuti was technically better as a violinist but I've found Grappelli's tone to be sweeter, his swing stronger, and his melodic improvisation far more sophisticated. If you still question whether the violin can be a suitable jazz instrument, listen to the QHCF's "You're Driving Me Crazy." If that don't move you, nothing will.
> 
> Cary Ginell
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Howard Friedman <hsf318 at comcast.net>
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> Sent: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 7:05 am
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Venuti!
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> Hi, Earl,
> Chacun à son goût!  That's what it always come down to!  Or more correctly, 
> hat's to what it always comes down?  Frankly, I never considered the violin 
> fiddle?) to be a suitable instrument for playing jazz, particularly 
> mprovisational jazz.  The tuba yes, the bass sax yes. the xylophone yes, even 
> he drums, although they can't actually carry a melodic line.  But not the 
> olin!
> Howard