Robert Soames Wetmore wrote:
>
> >("He has good tone" was Louis Armstrong's highest praise for a fellow
> >musician.)
> >
> >--Mike
>
> I prefer a dry, dirty, nasty tone - like Steve Grossman's. Or maybe rich
> and fruity and nasty like Harry Sokal...or big and nasty and scratchy like
> early Gato Barbieri. But never just "good"!
>
> Rob
We weren't talking literally about tone preferences, we were talking
jazz quality.
Ya just had to be there, Rob.
"Good" from Ol' Louis was more praise than you can imagine.
"Just 'good'?" No. Really, REALLY good! <g>
And, not just musical 'tone' but everything about how the musician played.
keith whaley
