[78-L] Good post from fnarf

[Jeff Sultanof]

You are correct, Al. In fact, I cannot think of any black band which was
considered a sweet band. The nearest I can think of was the Teddy Wilson
1939 band, but only at certain times. George Simon characterized the band as
'polite,' but its ballad recordings definitely put this band in the 'sweet'
category.

What do you think?

Jeff

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:27 AM, simmonssomer <simmonssomer at comcast.net>wrote:

> Jeff  et al...I am aware that the black( and white) bands played waltzes
> and
> novelty numbers...but that did not make them "sweet" bands.
>
> You see folks...it's all in the sound...not the type of songs.
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