On 08 Nov 2008 18:44:56 GMT, the infamous "RAM³"
scrawled the following:

"Harold and Susan Vordos" wrote in
.net:

Larry mentioned not liking a brassy sound in big band. Yep----I don't
either. Stan Kenton was over the top for me. It's hard to beat the
sound of the late 30's, early 40's.

You must be an Artie Shaw/Benny Goodman fan.

I'm a Glenn Miller addict, myself.grin

OTOH, Harry James - that says it all!

Both greats, but I'd prefer a mute on every horn. I love Miles Davis,
but the volume of his horn just kills it for me. Several of his and
Ellington's jazz songs have muted horns and I really like that sound.
http://tinyurl.com/5759x9 Just say "mellow".

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