[Dixielandjazz] Factionalism, etc.
Rob McCallum
rakmccallum@hotmail.com
Tue, 16 Jul 2002 16:26:56 -0400
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Hello all,
Judging from some off list posts I received, I hope everyone knows that =
I was just having a bit of fun with Perry's post (the get the ball =
rolling thing). I love most all jazz styles from the beginnings through =
the Coltrane era and Monk is one of my favorite players. Though I =
respect the fact that many here don't care to listen to jazz labelled =
"modern" as it's not their cup of tea, I think that this "factionalism" =
or purist war over what is and what is not jazz doesn't benefit anyone =
and hurts jazz as a whole. Be-bop and post-bop groups experience the =
same problems that OKOM groups face economically (lack of good gigs, =
small markets etc.) and my point was that it's all jazz and that it's a =
bit silly to get so worked up over stylistic differences. It's better =
to view the jazz community from a wider, rather than a narrower =
perspective. Of course, there are modern players who don't care one way =
or the other about OKOM (I get into the same argument with them), but =
many of them do and consider it their roots. I play in a mainstream =
Jazz Messengers type of quintet and I've got them all playing OKOM also =
under a different name. Turns out the bass player once ran a Dixieland =
group. I know Steve has mentioned that his bass player in Barbone =
Street used to play for Clifford Brown. =20
All for now,
Rob McCallum
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received, I hope=20
everyone knows that I was just having a bit of fun with Perry's post =
(the get=20
the ball rolling thing). I love most all jazz styles from the =
beginnings=20
through the Coltrane era and Monk is one of my favorite players. =
Though I=20
respect the fact that many here don't care to listen to jazz labelled =
"modern"=20
as it's not their cup of tea, I think that this "factionalism" or purist =
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over what is and what is not jazz doesn't benefit anyone and hurts jazz =
as a=20
whole. Be-bop and post-bop groups experience the same problems =
that OKOM=20
groups face economically (lack of good gigs, small markets etc.) and my =
point=20
was that it's all jazz and that it's a bit silly to get so worked =
up over=20
stylistic differences. It's better to view the jazz community from =
a=20
wider, rather than a narrower perspective. Of course, there are =
modern=20
players who don't care one way or the other about OKOM (I get into the =
same=20
argument with them), but many of them do and consider it their =
roots. I=20
play in a mainstream Jazz Messengers type of quintet and I've got =
them all=20
playing OKOM also under a different name. Turns out the bass =
player=20
once ran a Dixieland group. I know Steve has mentioned that his =
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player in Barbone Street used to play for Clifford Brown. =
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