To Twang or not to twang?

Jody Carver · Post by **Jody Carver** » 6 Nov 2002 12:28 pm

It may be of interest to those of you who have posted here. I made a tape of the Jazz LP Buddy did here in NY years ago and sent it
to Don Arnone,,one of the great Jazz guitarists in this area. I didnt tell him who
or what to expect,,he called and asked me if
that was me?

I said Yeah Right,,,it should only be, I then
told Don how many years ago that was recorded
and the players name. His only comment was that steel player is "freaking fabulous".

I just wanted to clarify the fact that if there were more Buddy Emmons kinda guys,,the
steel guitar would be "center stage". If Buddy had about 10 brothers and they could all play like him,,it would be a piece of cake.

BTW,,,,The Derby is NOT FOR SALE..Im wearing it now,,maybe some of that will rub off on me. You dont have to be from NY or anywhere to ge a great Jazz Player,,but you do have to
be a BUDDY EMMONS.

Don Arnone,,,has played with most of the Jazz
Greats,,,Dizzy Gillespie,,John Coltrane,,need
I say any more??.

Mike,,you see not everyone has that twang,but
then again not everyone has that Buddy "thang
either".

Thats the end of my story. It could have been longer so dont complain. There are a few others who would flip if they heard Buddy
in a "Jazz setting". But I always knew this and Im sure many of you did as well.

At present Don Arnone just finished a stint
with Tony Bennett.

Oh,,,he also worked with George Shearing as well years back. Later Man.

edited as I mis-spelled piece of cake...it should have been the "whole cake"

PS Don plays a D'Angelico New Yorker and an Ampeg amp,,,,thats the sound he prefer's.

Buddy's tone and talent can fit in anywhere I dont care who or what or where. Keep the Derby Buddy..I was only pulling your leg.

[This message was edited by Jody Carver on 06 November 2002 at 12:34 PM.]

Susan Alcorn (deceased) · Post by **Susan Alcorn (deceased)** » 12 Nov 2002 8:09 am

Different strokes for different folks . . .

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 12 Nov 2002 9:18 am

Down Beat magazine gave "Steel Guitar Jazz" by Buddie Emmons a 5-Star review, back in 1963.

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chas smith R.I.P. · Post by **chas smith R.I.P.** » 12 Nov 2002 9:52 am

Before running the song Cherokee, I asked Charlie Persip to give me a four bar drum intro. He obliged by playing four incredible intros, none of which I was able to count and come in on the first beat. I was noticeably upset with myself so Art Davis (tenor sax) suggested a simple intro that ended up sounding like something you'd hear in a 40's western movie with a band of Indians on the horizon.

From the liner notes to "A Night In Tunisia" on the 'Central Avenue Sounds' compilation set.

"Miles Davis had worked his way to Los Angeles with Benny Carter's big band with the sole purpose of finding Charlie Parker. He worked with Carter at the Orpheum Theater and also started working with Bird at the Club Finale from 1 to 4 a.m. While Bird was working the Finale, many musicians would come and sit in, and from that pool, Bird put together the personnel for this first West Coast session. (Ornithology)

"A Night In Tunisia" is also from the first Dial session and is considered one of Bird's masterpieces. His 4-bar break at the beginning of the first take was so spectacular that the rest of the ensemble flubbed their entrance. Roy Porter explained in his memoirs, "Couldn't anyone count the break because Bird was doubling, tripling, quadrupling and everything else on what he played in those four bars. It was throwing all of us. Finally, Miles Davis said he would go in the corner and listen and bring his hand down on the first beat of the fifth bar. That's how the rhythm section came in right on time."