Author: John Morton
Date: 2017-08-27 21:11
Fuzzy, thanks a bunch for your posts, and especially for pointing out the programming on WWOZ. Radio streams start to be really valuable when they are archived and playlisted.
Of course there are bound to be unintentional omissions from the discussion of this vast topic, and I was just casting a vote for the recognition of some favorites.
As a player I am drawn to the pre-WW II small group recordings, and from my reading I conclude that the artists of that era thought the most creative music came from small combos. You didn't turn your nose up at a steady salary from a touring big band, but for solo time and interplay and improv opportunities it was the small groups.
The Jimmie Noone groups often featured clarinet, alto and piano with rhythm, for an intriguing duet sound with no brasses. The John Kirby band ("The Biggest Little Band") distilled the sections of a big band into a sextet (clarinet was Buster Bailey):
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