[rollei_list] Re: OT: BB Leaders (was Re: Benny Goodman & Rollei Connection?)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Goldstein" <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 6:46 AM
Subject: [rollei_list] OT: BB Leaders (was Re: Benny Goodman & Rollei Connection?)
Oh, of course, they all did... ;-) OK, time to weigh in. Who was the 
best, at what, and why?

Artie Shaw

Benny Goodman

Buddy Rich

Chick Webb

Count Basie

Dizzy Gillespie

Gene Krupa

Harry James

Illinois Jacquet

Jon Faddis

Lionel Hampton

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Eric Goldstein (not on the BB leader list)
There is a trick to this, I think... but I can't quite figure out what it is. Certainly they are all great musicians but there must be something more: the selection is odd because of those left out. Goodman, of course, stands out as an extraordinary multifaceted talent and man with an interesting history. Who are we to compare Lionel Hampton to? Buddy Rich vs: Gene Krupa or Jon Faddis vs: Harry James. And where are Woody Herman or Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey or Louis Armstrong or Bix Beiderbecke for that matter? Or the Duke (not John Wayne), or all the arrangers who'se names never appear on the record labels? Something funny here: were they all photographers, are we to see a gallery of Benny Goodman photos? Does anyone remember Benny's brother? Chick Webb was also the "orchestra" billed as Ella Fitzgerald and "her orchestra". So, shall we be off to the Manhattan Room or the Cafe Rouge or slip up to 52nd street and the Famous Door? My slick chick has a friend... 

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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
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