[Dixielandjazz] Bands with a name, but shifting peronnel

[Charlie Hooks]

on 7/11/03 3:43 PM, Charles Suhor at csuhor at zebra.net wrote:

> I'm sure the culture is maintained to a degree by
> many of the OKOM players who contribute to this list.

    Certainly true in Chicago.  There's a group of OKOM players who all know
each other well, have played over the years with every imaginable
combination of each other, and pride themselves on any tune in any key with
any musicians. 

    And we are dying off too fast.

Charlie