tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516071817098447974.post8539820122659445790..comments2009-11-14T21:10:59.592-05:00Jim Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773818505510228659noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516071817098447974.post-41732071384646698132009-11-14T21:10:59.592-05:002009-11-14T21:10:59.592-05:00Dr. Notathing,<br /><br />Sounds like you&#39;ve got a lot-things to offer and I look forward to learning more. I&#39;m a babe-in-arms. I&#39;m just learning. All I&#39;ve got is love -- and that&#39;s a lot. Keep reading and responding. <br /><br />JimJim Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773818505510228659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516071817098447974.post-77355984311764963652009-11-14T21:03:26.715-05:002009-11-14T21:03:26.715-05:00I think the piano sounds just like Toussaint wanted it to sound; a bit recessed.<br /><br />For me, the record (2) is a trip to modern New Orleans and its roots in Traditional Jazz (If you like the word Dixieland, that&#39;s OK, too). The traditional Jazz band had no piano, it was not easy to carry a piano while marching to a funeral, for instance.<br /><br />At a gig, if they had a piano, fine, if not, no piano that night. While much music was written and performed for solo piano, it was still done in a place where you may have to duck your head as a bottle flew by. A hotel, a bar, the entire ensemble was the important part of the music, not solo. The entire band played, sometimes with breaks rather than true solo parts.<br /><br />Thus the piano would have been placed toward the rear of the group, not in the front as modern Jazz groups would have it.<br /><br />Or not.<br /><br />Dr. NotathingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com