[Dixielandjazz] RE: Wow on WING...; humor in music

[david richoux]

For a total summary of everything that can go wrong with a 
Dixieland/Trad band performance, get a copy of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah 
Band's song "Jazz, Delicious Hot, Disgusting Cold" originally on their 
1967 "Gorilla" album and re-issued on many collections.

There are several collections of humorous (bad performance or 
otherwise) jazz from the 20s and 30s on LP but I do not know if they 
have ever been re-issued onto CD.

There is some good info on  "Fritz Guckenheimer and his Sour Kraut 
Band." at
  http://www.spaceagepop.com/guck.htm

Dave Richoux
On Monday, Jun 9, 2003, at 09:19 US/Pacific, Dan Augustine wrote:
>     However (and here's the ticklish point), who has done this for 
> dixieland? I'm afraid that people wouldn't recognize intentionally bad 
> dixieland as being humorous--in fact, some might (gasp) like it (at 
> least as much as they like other 'good' dixieland).  So why is this?  
> I'm not talking about humor in the band's introductions to their 
> tunes, but humor in the music itself.  The Firehouse Five sometimes 
> did humorous things with their music (like the siren, or the 
> duck-quacks), but i don't recall that they ever deliberately played 
> out of tune (or did other similarly wrong things) to be funny.  Lots 
> of bands (in fact, some of the best bands) use humor, but do any 
> deliberately play badly for a comic effect?