"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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"John Stumbles" wrote in message
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On Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:13:19 +0200, Iain Churches wrote:

Only an old valve Neumann looks cooler!

Did they have 'cool' in Glen Miller's day? ;-)

Glenn Miller wasn't cool,


Correct.


but Duke Elington certainly was:-)


Also correct.

So was Lionel Hampton and about a thousand others....

Hampton is a very good example, in same way that
Milt Jackson and John Lewis are "cool"

In fact, in 30s/40s and 50s music, it is hard to
think of anyone less cool than Miller. But then again,
he certainly wasn't hot like Harry James, Chick Webb
or Louis Armstrong either:-)


Iain