[Dixielandjazz] Re: Dixielandjazz digest, Vol 1 #276 - 11 msgs

Patrick Cooke patcooke@cox.net
Fri, 18 Oct 2002 16:37:08 -0500


>>>Having recently been corrected, I believe I can answer this.  OKOM is a
distortion of OCCAM, which is short for OCCAM's razor.  This is a scientific
and philosophic rule that entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily.
This, I believe, is also why some coronet players hate Twelfth Street
rag.<<<

As Wynton would say..."very profound!"
   Pat Cooke

----- Original Message -----
From: "Art Terry" <duckbucket@hotmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Dixielandjazz digest, Vol 1 #276 - 11 msgs


> Having recently been corrected, I believe I can answer this.  OKOM is a
> distortion of OCCAM, which is short for OCCAM's razor.  This is a
scientific
> and philosophic rule that entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily.
> This, I believe, is also why some coronet players hate Twelfth Street rag.
>
>
> Keep smiling,
> Art Terry
>
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