[Dixielandjazz] Re: Dixielandjazz digest, Vol 1 #407 - 20 msgs

Sun, 5 Jan 2003 08:38:20 EST

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In a message dated 1/5/2003 1:53:23 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
dixielandjazz-request@ml.islandnet.com writes:

> Message: 9
> Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 17:13:33 -0800
> To: Dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com
> From: David Palmquist <davidpalmquist@dccnet.com>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] The Best Damn Band
> 
> Sounds like it's time for a modern version of "battle of the bands"  but 
> that's from the  swing era, I think.  Were they common in Dixieland music?
> 
> Of course there were "cutting contests" in earlier days, but I think that's 
> 
> generally from early jazz pianists.
> 
> DAvid in Delta
> 

Dan Spink jumps in again:

Hold it, David! Band contests were very common around the turn of the 
century. As you may know, Scott Joplin (the ragtime piano guy) played cornet 
in a Sedalia concert band called the Queen City Concert Band. A picture taken 
in 1893 appears after p. 140 in Blesh's famous book, They All Played Ragtime. 
Joplin created a book of ragtime arrangements for brass bands entitled the 
Red and Black Book. It was common to have contests (liking cutting contests) 
for these bands with awards, trophies and write ups in the local newspapers. 
It was a big deal back then.

Dan Spink 

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<HTML>In a message dated 1/5/2003 1:53:23 AM Eastern Standard Time, dixielandjazz-request@ml.islandnet.com writes: 
 
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Message: 9 
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 17:13:33 -0800 
To: Dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com 
From: David Palmquist &lt;davidpalmquist@dccnet.com&gt; 
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] The Best Damn Band 
 
Sounds like it's time for a modern version of "battle of the bands"&nbsp; but 
that's from the&nbsp; swing era, I think.&nbsp; Were they common in Dixieland music? 
 
Of course there were "cutting contests" in earlier days, but I think that's 
generally from early jazz pianists. 
 
DAvid in Delta 
</BLOCKQUOTE> 
 
Dan Spink jumps in again: 
 
Hold it, David! Band contests were very common around the turn of the century. As you may know, Scott Joplin (the ragtime piano guy) played cornet in a Sedalia concert band called the Queen City Concert Band. A picture taken in 1893 appears after p. 140 in Blesh's famous book, They All Played Ragtime. Joplin created a book of ragtime arrangements for brass bands entitled the Red and Black Book. It was common to have contests (liking cutting contests) for these bands with awards, trophies and write ups in the local newspapers. It was a big deal back then. 
 
Dan Spink </HTML>

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