Author: ned
Date: 2017-09-24 05:36
Fuzzy wrote: ''...Ned, have you ever run across the papers/transcriptions of Patricia A. Martin...''
Yes, I have actually. I received a copy in the post from a colleague quite some years ago and sadly have only glanced at it. I'm an avid reader but somehow an envelope of loose leaf printing is not as welcoming as a bound book. The other point is that I'm a very poor reader of music, so the transcriptions are of minimal interest to me as I learn by ear.
Skipping to the Conclusion though, I note the following: ''...There is no doubt that Dodds had the technical ability to change to the swing style. Whether or not he would have wanted to do so is something we will never know...'''
A moot point indeed.
My view is, given that Dodds seemed to prefer the small group, he probably would not have gravitated to a swing band and in any event, a swing band leader may have found his style unsuitable and even, somewhat old fashioned.
Perhaps he might have returned to New Orleans at some time in the nineteen forties to join Bunk Johnson's band in the heyday of the revival. It's the post that George Lewis ultimately cornered and made his own, but, just imagine Johnny Dodds in the same role.
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