[Dixielandjazz] Re: Dixielandjazz Digest, Vol 8, Issue 1

[Kurt]

Don,

I appreciate you comments.  I will continue to do what I can to promote this
wonderful artform.  In fact I am still on a high from a concert I produced
last night here in Des Moines, Iowa.

I brought in The New Wolverine Jazz Orchestra (from Sydney, Australia via
the Bix Festival) and they left the crowd of more than 250 trad jazz fans
wanting more.  The majority of the audience was in the senior category, but
I was pleasantly surprised to see quite a few younger people there as well.
At one point, I saw two young ladies (early 20's) purchasing $15 tickets.  I
went up and said I was curious as to what it was that attracted them to
attend the concert.  They said they saw an ad and thought it looked like
fun.

I think us promoters of traditional / dixieland jazz concerts need to do a
better job of projecting an image in the media that attracts younger
audiences.  Great music and a fun time seem to be two big selling points.
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  Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Dixielandjazz Digest, Vol 8, Issue 1


  In a message dated 8/1/2003 3:00:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
dixielandjazz-request at ml.islandnet.com writes:


    Subject: [Dixielandjazz] The Death of Dixieland Jazz


  There is one big problem I see in all the back and forth complaining about
the future, or lack of one, for Dixieland jazz, or ragtime, for that matter.
What exactly do you want it to be, or expect it to be if you had your
fondest wish? Do you want it played continuously on the radio? Do you want
the CDs to sell like rap? Do you want the big stars to be Dixieland
instrumentalists? What? In all reality, no music stays around at the top of
the charts for long, and who said that was the ultimate achievement anyway?
Today, even classical music, (the only kind my piano teacher accepted as
real music), is considered a niche market. I think Dixieland has a solid
place in the past, and that means it won't go away. The rest is up to who
wants to promote it. Am I not understanding something here?

  Sorry,

  Dan (piano fingers) Spink
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