[78-L] All-American?

[David Lennick]

From: mbiel at mbiel.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 13:53:38 -0700
> Subject: Re: [78-L] All-American?
> 
> From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> >>> What does "All-American" mean in the jazz context? Count Basie's
> >>> rhythm section was once known by this title, and Duke Ellington
> >>> introduced Harry Carney at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival as an
> >>> "All-American" baritone sax player. Julian Vein
> 
> From: bowiebks at isomedia.com
> >> I always took it to mean the same as "All-Stars." The phrase
> >> "All American" is used by some sports teams in that sense. Taylor
> 
> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> > I'm not finding any definitions that don't involve sports, but Taylor's
> > answer jibes with other uses I've seen, like Esquire's All American poll
> > winners. There's also a "satirical suite for two pianos" by J. Clarence
> > Chambers titled "All American", which the Iturbis recorded. dl
> 
> Then there's also 100% Americans. That was a musical group.
> 
> Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
> 

And The Young Americans..too clean cut for my liking.

 

dl