[78-L] Earl Hines

[Taylor Bowie]

 Earl Hines is another pianist who doesn't move that much. The first
 couple of his records I bought were his Felsted session of 1958, which I
 thought was excellent. Next were his OK piano solos, which were fine.
 Nothing after that appealed to me. His work on the Cozy Cole and Charlie
 Shavers Keynotes show him to be floundering badly, whilst trying to
 sound clever. I also find that there is no emotional feel to his playing.

  Julian Vein



I like Hines' work with Noone and with his own band,  1928 to maybe 
1941...full of accents and moves which keep me entertained and on my toes, 
rather than just wearing me down as does most of Tatum's playing.  I love 
his solo on the Noone record of I Know That You Know..also the Hines band 
1937 Vocalion of Flanny Doodle Swing,  which I recall is a Budd Johnson 
tune/chart.  Simple,  but very effective arrangement...and you can NOT beat 
Walter Fuller for hard swinging and edgy trumpet solos!  And I love his 
singing.

Thanks to Spats for the tip on that Tatum album...I'll keep an eye out for 
it as it sounds like a different side of the guy,  which I might appreciate.


Taylor