[Dixielandjazz] Playing too long

Sun, 6 Oct 2002 13:23:25 EDT

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In a message dated 10/5/2002 11:59:43 PM Central Daylight Time, 
JimDBB@aol.com writes:

> 
>    When all is said and done I would rather hear a musician who is on the 
> way out but had something to say rather than one who is at top form , 
> technically, but has nothing to say...doesn't swing.
> 
>    Jim,
           I agree 110% HOWEVER please keep in mind that the  majority of 
people who go to the festivals today do not know a "story" from a hole in the 
ground, and "the story" a brilliant but fading soloist would try to tell 
would be completely lost on these "Weekend Jazz Warriors"who are  used to 
1,000 notes being played a minute!
          I had the extreme DIS pleasure of seeing Spiegle perform at a BIX 
fest some time ago, I would rather have remembered him from other times.
         Now answer this question for me----do you think that the organizers 
would suffer financially if, let us say Spiegle.Carl, Hawk etc. were just 
introduced to the crowd,. rather then to have them embarrasses themselves and 
others by attempting to play?
        When an old Boxer is introduced he does not go "a few rounds"
When an old Football star is introduced he does not" give an example of 
broken field running"--Why is it different for revered musicians?, WHY MUST  
they attempt to do what they can no longer do?? 
        Of course certain exceptions such as WBD, Eubie Blake, Lionel,
and Doc Cheatham etc, come to mind but it must be admitted that they are a 
few of the exceptions!!
Hope you are well,
Best
        Perry

LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL
LAISSEZ LES BON TEMPS ROULER

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<HTML>In a message dated 10/5/2002 11:59:43 PM Central Daylight Time, JimDBB@aol.com writes: 
 
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> 
&nbsp;&nbsp; When all is said and done I would rather hear a musician who is on the way out but had something to say rather than one who is at top form , technically, but has nothing to say...doesn't swing. 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp; Jim,</BLOCKQUOTE> 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I agree 110% HOWEVER please keep in mind that the&nbsp; majority of people who go to the festivals today do not know a "story" from a hole in the ground, and "the story" a brilliant but fading soloist would try to tell would be completely lost on these "Weekend Jazz Warriors"who are&nbsp; used to 1,000 notes being played a minute! 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I had the extreme DIS pleasure of seeing Spiegle perform at a BIX fest some time ago, I would rather have remembered him from other times. 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Now answer this question for me----do you think that the organizers would suffer financially if, let us say Spiegle.Carl, Hawk etc. were just introduced to the crowd,. rather then to have them embarrasses themselves and others by attempting to play? 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When an old Boxer is introduced he does not go "a few rounds" 
When an old Football star is introduced he does not" give an example of broken field running"--Why is it different for revered musicians?, WHY MUST&nbsp; they attempt to do what they can no longer do?? 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of course certain exceptions such as WBD, Eubie Blake, Lionel, 
and Doc Cheatham etc, come to mind but it must be admitted that they are a few of the exceptions!! 
Hope you are well, 
Best 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Perry 
 
 
 
LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL 
LAISSEZ LES BON TEMPS ROULER</HTML>

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