[Dixielandjazz] Re: Jazz Festivals

[G. William Oakley]

Well, it is truly amazing what one can do with the internet.  After a couple of emails indicating an interest in these recordings I tried to find a number for Norvell Rose, the fellow who knew the sound person.  I found nothing in Denver so I did a Google search and found a Norvell Rose in Virginia Beach, VA.  He had a realty firm and his web site had an audio clip on it.  I listened to the clip and sure enough it was Norvell.  I called him and after getting over someone out of the distant past calling him, he indicated he would try to find the man's name.  We will see what happens and I will keep all posted.
If Norvell doesn't come up with a name I have one other resource.  A very dear friend is married to Peter Schickele's brother (David is now deceased) who has a daughter who works at Carnegie Hall and she might be persuaded to peruse the archives for the fellow's name.
I have always felt that this was an archive deserving of preservation but when I first mentioned it to a number of jazz friends they just said most of the concerts had been recorded commercially so this stuff would have been inferior but I think that is a wrong attitude.  It is like the draft of a  great novel or a better case is the Picasso Museum in Barcelona.  There you can see dozens of paintings and drawings that led up to some of his great paintings.  A first draft if you will.
Anyway,  I will keep working on this and we will see what happens,
Best,
Bill
Best,
Bill
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: TCASHWIGG at aol.com 
  To: gwilliamoakley at earthlink.net 
  Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 3:38 PM
  Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Jazz Festivals


  In a message dated 7/9/03 11:16:35 AM Pacific Daylight Time, gwilliamoakley at earthlink.net writes:


    According to the sound man this had been going on from the late 30's up to
    the time he retired which I would guess was in the 80's.
    I am not sure I could locate the fellow because all Norvell told me was that
    he lived in Littleton but if there were interest I would make an attempt to
    see if I could find him.
    If anyone has thoughts on this situation let me know.
    Best,
    Bill



  Hi Bill:

  I would be very interested in them, what a fabulous collection it could be and a very useful educational tool for the preservation of OKOM and Jazz.  Might even be great fodder for another Ken Burns type program which gave Jazz a much needed shot in the arm.

  Whether or not we liked all its content or the manner in which it was presented.

  Cheers,

  Tom Wiggins
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