*****When you get right down to it the thing is why would you make post that comment at all?... Think about it*****
I don't have to think about it. I know why I made the statement. This thread has a history of promoting noise makers by posting positive comments made by big time Jazz players. So and so can really play, MINGUS said bah bah bah, Cannonball praised him, Pops said he will be a star etc........
I am not saying Django was a noise maker. I like his music, especially the stuff he did with Grappelli.
My point is this, given the 'social conditions' that prevailed at the time we are discussing, black musicians never criticized other musicians when asked to comment. They had nothing to gain by being negative and maybe a lot to lose.
Therefore, we can ignore all comments made by the greats concerning other players.
As the great NY Giants and Dallas Cowboy football coach, Bill Parcells always said, "You are, what your record says you are". No more no less.
Pops is Pops, Ellington is Ellington and Django is Django etc.......... No matter who says what.
Cheers