[78-L] Jazz.

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Hi Howard!

Not necessarily.

Let me quote what one chap said and he knew a LITTLE about Jazz...

'The best solo that you can play is always the melody.'

This chap's name? Louis Armstrong.

Earl.

At 9:07 am -0700 22/10/2008, 78-l-request at klickitat.78online.com wrote:
>  >> I much prefer Venuti's habit of staying somewhere near the written melody,
>while GrapeJelly wanders all over the place in self-indulgent trills and
>tricks.
>Even in old age, Venuti tended NOT to pretend he knew better than the
>composer - he embellished & stretched & 'swung' the piece, without trying to
>make up his own tune.<<
>
>Hmmmmm!  I thought that was what jazz was all about!   Louis, 
>PeeWee, Jelly Roll, ad infinitum?
>
>Howard