[Dixielandjazz] Re: "Jazz" was "Applause"

[Mike Durham]

Well, certainly "That's entertainment": now, whether you regard jazz as 
entertainment or art is another matter. I'm sure the early guys saw it 
primarily as entertainment (and a way to make a buck). I personally see it 
as a mix of the two: where anyone else puts it on their personal sliding 
scale will determine how far they go towards milking the audience for 
applause in the ways Steve mentions, which is all a part of the 
entertainment side of things. On a personal note, I read where Creole George 
Guesnon would entertain the crowd by playing the banjo behind his back - I 
am currently engaged in trying to figure out how to do the same thing with 
the trumpet. Now THAT should get 'em clapping!

Yours from the Orthopedic Ward,

Mike D.


>From: Stephen Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: barbonestreet at earthlink.net
>To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
>Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: "Jazz" was "Applause"
>Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 10:11:20 -0500
>
> > From: "John Farrell" <stridepiano at tesco.net> wrote
> >
> > And that's jazz? Ye Gods .   .   .   .
> >
> > >From: "Stephen Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote
> >
> > >Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Applause
> >
> > > Jim Beebe and Bill Gunter are right on about applause. Many times the
> > > audience for one reason or another is not giving it up easily. If you
> > > want it, milk the crowd.  ETC, followed by examples
>
>No John, that's APPLAUSE  (see the subject line) ;-)
>
>I thought, of course, that a learned man like yourself could read. As Louis 
>Armstrong said, "if you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know".
>
>Cheers,
>Steve Barbone
>
>
>
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