[Dixielandjazz] Elkhart Festival

[David Palmquist]

Wasn't there some album by Basie called Straight Ahead?  Maybe the Basie 
style is what the term is trying to describe.
David in Delta

At 19:18 29-12-02, Patrick Cooke wrote:
> >>>I looked at that site and just found a new category for musos. "Straight
>ahead" What the hell does that mean? <<<
>
>As much as I hate classifications, I would say that "straight ahead" style
>is not trad, and it's not really progressive; but I would say that the Benny
>Goodman trio and quartet stuff was in that category, even though the term
>had not been used in his time.  The Scott Hamilton small groups would also
>fit in.  Somewhere between swing up to and possibly including some bop.
>    A new pigeon hole to add to the confusion?
>     Pat Cooke
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "jazzfact" <jazzfact@ozemail.com.au>
>To: "'Jerry Gordon'" <jerrygordon@juno.com>;
><dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
>Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 2:05 PM
>Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] Elkhart Festival
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>
> > Hi all,
> > I looked at that site and just found a new category for musos. "Straight
> > ahead" What the hell does that mean?
> >
> > Richard Stevens
> > www.ozemail.com.au/~jazzfact/
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dixielandjazz-admin@ml.islandnet.com
> > [mailto:dixielandjazz-admin@ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Gordon
> > Sent: Sunday, 29 December 2002 4:49 PM
> > To: dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com
> > Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Elkhart Festival
> >
> > On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 21:48:40 -0800 "Robert S. Ringwald"
> > <ringwald@calweb.com> writes:
> > > A fried wants to know, who is the director of the Elkhart Festival,
> > tel, email?
> >
> >
> > Maybe if he wasn't fried, Bob, he could do a Google-search and find
> > their
> > web site at http://www.elkhartjazzfestival.com/. He can email the
> > festival from there.
> >
> > Jerry Gordon, Troy, NY - Web master for
> > http://www.timesunion.com/communities/jazz
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