[78-L] EARL HINES.

[Taylor Bowie]

I'd add to Spats' list the duet on Okeh of "Dear Old Southland" which is a 
very heartfelt performance by both Hines and Armstrong.

Taylor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Spats" <spats47 at ntlworld.com>
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 2:41 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] EARL HINES.


> 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:
>>Message: 2
>>Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:00:44 -0700
>>From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
>>Subject: Re: [78-L] Earl Hines
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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
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