[Dixielandjazz] What OKOM is turning into folks and keeping it alive for youngsters

[TCASHWIGG at aol.com]

The following is an example of what young people are doing with OKOM, like it 
or not, they are making some of it their music and adding elements of today's 
music with it to get a whole new marketplace happening.

Most of you will absolutely HATE this band, but they have to be admired for 
experimentation with Jazz and improvisation, and trying to take it to another 
level.

I don't particularly like it either, but they have a solid tour schedule of 
paid dates so they are obviously finding a willing audience of listeners who 
like TKOM (Their kind of Music), which included some of OKOM.

check out their website:

Better yet some of you folks out there in the Midwest go to a few of their 
gigs and take your grandkids and see if they like what they hear.  It should 
prove interesting for all of you.


Check out the letter I got from them folks, it even purposely omits correct 
Capitalization, and English language protocol, that is their way of being hip, 
and not acting like their parents or grandparents or teachers or whatever 
influences that bore down upon them.
Cheers,

Tom Wiggins

hello.
we're just home from the roskilde festival in denmark (big freaking ups to
all!) and ready to hit the road again.

check out the all ages dates coming up...we do as many all ages shows as we
can, but that's still only a few per season, so tell all your midwest
under-agers about the gigs. we've also got another european tour
approaching. it will be a blast, i'm sure. we're including the UK and
netherlands along with revisiting places like germany, austria, switzerland
and belgium. look out for a france/spain/italy/croatia/slovenia tour in the
fall. see dates below. the website will keep you updated. tell your cohorts
to sign the email list at the site www.youngbloodbrassband.com
there are also new pictures going up at the site, along with new FAQ's,
listening/reading lists, and whatever else you request, thanks to the love
of our short lives, mr. dustin drees (who deserves a big email-list
congratulations on his recent engagement).

all you people going back to school - students, teachers, volunteers, etc. -
please contact us about coming through. we'd love to hit as many high
schools, universities and other types of educational facilities as possible
in october. teachers/artists interested in becoming part of the layered
collective should also get in touch.

the website store has been restocked with almost everything....12" vinyl,
cd's, double vinyl, posters, pictures...the newest addition is my book
'langsyne', the first of many releases from 'layered books', our publishing
house. female poets are encouraged to submit work for a fall collection to
youngblooded at juno.com proceeds from all layered books go back towards
publishing more books from young, independent writers and keeping them
cheap. 

youngblood sheet music will finally, at long last, be making its debut on
the website soon. another service of layered music is to transcribe
willing/independent bands' charts and make them available to school
ensembles. the layered website is finally getting it's collective (get it?)
self together, and will have information on layered functions, people,
events, excerpts and involvement very soon. you can thank the workhorse that
calls itself scott anthony pauli.  

we're currently gearing up for the european tour, playing a few midwest
dates, getting some new material together, and more or less trying to
evolve/create as much as possible. as always, vivist the website
(www.youngbloodbrassband.com), leave your thoughts, tell us what you're
listening to, reading, send us mixes, love, ideas, comments, questions and
critique. big fat shout! to ex-band member josh smith for maintaining the
email list. 

and now, the tour dates.

fri.7.25 - the bottleneck - lawrence, ks (18+)
sat.7.26 - cowboy monkey - champaign, il
thu.7.31 - gabe's oasis - iowa city, ia (18+)
fri.8.1 - blowin' up brass band summit w/ mama digdown and jack brass bands
- the cabooze - minneapolis, mn
sat.8.2 - the warehouse - lacrosse, wi (ALL AGES)
fri.8.8 - the zoo bar - lincoln, ne
sat.8.9 - memorial union terrace - madison, wi (ALL AGES / FREE)
sun.8.10 - the king club - madison, wi
------YOUNGBLOOD EUROPEAN TOUR - SUMMER '03 - presented by SPEX, JUICE and
JAZZTHING magazines------
fri.8.15 - gleis 22 - münster, germany 
sat.8.16 - popkomm stadtgarten open air gig @ ringfest - köln, germany 
sun.8.17 - desi jubiläum - nürnberg, germany 
tue.8.19 - saal 60 / blumenstr. 28 - münchen, germany
wed.8.20 - rheinterrasse - konstanz, germany 
thu.8.21 - depot - tübingen, germany
fri.8.22 - reitschule w/ dj vadim & russian percussian - bern,
switzerland
sun8.24 - jazz im museum festival (11.00) - frankfurt, germany
mon.8.25 - cookys - frankfurt, germany
tue.8.26 - toucan - cardiff, UK
thu.8.28 - 93 feet east - london, UK
fri.8.29 - pukkelpop festival - hasselt, belgium
sat.8.30 - uitmarkt & @ paradiso bassline club - amsterdam, netherlands
sun.8.31 - lowlands festival - biddinghuizen, netherlands
tue.9.2 - colossaal - aschaffenburg, germany
wed.9.3 - b 72 - wien, austria
thu.9.4 - stadtwerkstatt - linz, austria
fri.9.5 - treibhaus - innsbruck, austria
sat.9.6 - moods - zürich, switzerland