[78-L] Earl Hines

[Julian Vein]

Taylor Bowie wrote:
>  Earl Hines is another pianist who doesn't move me 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.

> Taylor
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I was talking about Hines the pianist, rather than the bandleader, and I 
missed out the Noone stuff in error!

      Julian Vein



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