[78-L] EARL HINES.

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Hi!

I couldn't disagree more. I saw him play live and he was one of the 
most exciting pianists I've ever heard. He was way ahead of his time 
and certainly a great partner for Louis Armstrong in the early days. 
Try playing 'Weatherbird' and the Savoy Ballroom 5 records of the 
late 20s. His big band was likewise ground-breaking!

(This is not just because I share his name!). ;-)

Earl Okin.

At 12:00 pm -0700 15/10/2009, 78-l-request at klickitat.78online.com wrote:
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>Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:00:44 -0700
>From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
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>  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