[78-L] Swapping instruments [was What Happens to Old-Timers? A 1935 article]

[Julian Vein]

On 19/11/11 04:26, Roger Wade wrote:
> Speaking of Peggy Lee, she also recorded two sides on DRUMS for Capitol with a group called Ten Cats and a Mouse in 1947:
>
> Dave Barbour (tp) Bill May, Bobby Sherwood (tb) Paul Weston (cl) Eddie Miller (as) Benny Carter (ts) Dave Cavanaugh (bar) Red Norvo (p) Hal Derwin (g) Frank DeVol (b) Peggy Lee (d)
>
> The tunes were:  "Ja-da" and "Three O'Clock Jump".  Good stuff, great lineup.
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> Roger Wade
> Really Old Records
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There are other examples of musicians not playing their usual 
instruments, usually with no artistic merit attached to their efforts.

£ddie Miller playing alto with Bunny Berigan.
Edgar Samspon playing clarinet and also with Berigan instead of baritone.
Charlie Mingus, Roy Eldridge, Ben Webster playing piano.
Elvin Jones and Paul Gonsalves playing guitar.
Stan Getz and Gerry Mulligan swapping instruments.
A friend of mine is critical of Benny Carter, whom he admires, for playing the wrong instruments and singing!
And all those tenor players who took up the soprano in the wake of Coltrane.
I do like Charlie Parker on tenor though!

      Julian Vein