kh1958 Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 I was listening to the Yazoo Anthology, Jazz the World Forgot, volume 2, and there's a group, Slim Lamar's Southerners, recorded in 1928--the bassist on this cut is fantastic--the liner notes reference "the brilliant slapped-bass playing of a man named Bonny Pottle, one of the unheralded masters of this style." I don't recall ever hearing a 1920s track where the bassist is the dominant instrumentalist. Who is this fellow? Did he make other recordings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 Never heard the Slim Lamar sides. Sounds good. Bonnie Pottle plays bass with Wingy Manone in the thirties. Have some of these on the Manone Classics CDs. The Manone sides with Pottle are also included in the Wingy Manone (and Louis Prima) Mosaic box! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted April 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 Never heard the Slim Lamar sides. Sounds good. Bonnie Pottle plays bass with Wingy Manone in the thirties. Have some of these on the Manone Classics CDs. The Manone sides with Pottle are also included in the Wingy Manone (and Louis Prima) Mosaic box! Thanks. There's only one Slim Lamar track on this anthology. The sparse notes say he is from New Orleans, and this Memphis-based band was comprised mostly of musicians from New Orleans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 Pottle also plays bass on 1934 sessions by Louis Prima that are in the Prima/Manone Mosaic. That box looks to be a good place to listen to more Pottle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted April 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 Plus he's got a great name! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 Plus he's got a great name! Absolutely! Trouble semms to be his first name which comes as Benny, Bonny or Bonnie. Take your pick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted April 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 The Prima/Manone Mosaic doesn't appear to be very popular--if I can surmise from the fact that there are only two reviews on the site. Now I have to order it for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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