[Dixielandjazz] Letter on Sacramento Jubilee

[Patrick Cooke]

Bob....
     You're right...I should withhold judgment till I've been there.  My
information comes solely from the ads for the fest, and the website.  So
far, your publicity guys have not convinced me I should spend the
$1,200-1,500 it cost to attend an out-of-town festival.
      I have to say that anyone who can keep a festival the size of Sacto
going for so many years without losing a ton of money must be doing
something right.
      I remember a few years ago, the Sweet & Hot fest started putting a few
groups at another hotel just a very short busride away.  They had to have
prize drawings to entice people to go there!  I, and a significant number of
others, didn't bother to take the busride.  I heard the ride was short...the
wait was not.  I don't know if they still have the extra venue or not.
     I've never been called insipid before, but perhaps insipid occasionally
applies.  I'll try to keep my posts livelier!
      Truly sorry you're pissed off.  But remember...its better than being
pissed on!  :-).
       Pat Cooke

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Romans" <cellblk7 at comcast.net>
To: "Patrick Cooke" <patcooke at cox.net>; "Tim Eldred"
<julepjerk at surewest.net>; "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 12:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Letter on Sacramento Jubilee


> DON'T KNOCK IT UNTIL YOU'VE BEEN THERE!!!
> What an insipid reply  by someone whose opinions I've always respected!
> All the bus rides are very short!
> Check your schedule/program again...if you ever got one! There's a real
> mix/eclectic of very good bands! Do you think the Sacramento Jubilee has
> it's head up a dark place or something!
> Pay a couple of bucks and see for yourself!
> Yes! I'm pissed off!
> Bob Romans/Cell Block 7
> 1617 Lakeshore Dr.,
> Lodi, Ca. 95242
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> Cell 747-1148
> Because I play trumpet, I envy no man!
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Patrick Cooke" <patcooke at cox.net>
> To: "Tim Eldred" <julepjerk at surewest.net>; "DJML"
> <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 8:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Letter on Sacramento Jubilee
>
>
> > Re: Sacramento Bee...
> >
> >    The writer of the letter may have a few good points, but I'll bet
he's
> no
> > older than 30 something.  He/She is not even aware that "traditional
jazz"
> > is PC for dixieland.
> >     Well, the reasons I never have attended Sacto are:
> >     1) It's too spread out. I envision spending too much time riding a
> bus,
> > or waiting for one.
> >      2) As the writer says, mainstream jazz is all but totally ignored.
I
> > check the schedule every year, and all I see is trad band after trad
band;
> > plus now they've added zydeco, which I really don't care for.  I would
> like
> > about a 50/50 mix of contemporary trad and straight ahead (mainstream)
> jazz.
> > As simple as trad is to play, there is a plethora of trad bands, but not
> > that many are of festival calibre.
> >       As for other styles the writer mentions, I could do without them.
> > "Pop jazz" is an oxymoron.
> >        Pat (either it is, or it ain't) Cooke
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Tim Eldred" <julepjerk at surewest.net>
> > To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 9:57 PM
> > Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Letter on Sacramento Jubilee
> >
> >
> > For whatever it's worth, here is a letter from the Tuesday Sacramento
Bee
> > commenting on the article regarding the Sacramento Jubilee.  For the
> record,
> > there were a number a significant number of excellent blues, zydeco,
etc.,
> > bands and I did not see one straw hat in a band....
> >
> > Re "Jazz Jubilee finances get rolling," July 27: If the drop in
admissions
> > is troubling to the Sacramento Jazz Society, they need look no further
> than
> > their band lineup. What they call "traditional jazz" most everyone else
> > calls "Dixieland." Listening to group after group of guys with straw
hats
> > and banjos playing "When the Saints Go Marching In" grows tiresome.
> > Adding a Zydeco act, a swing band and a blues outfit won't do the trick.
> To
> > attract more people, offer more variety. How about modern jazz, bebop,
> > Latin, free, classic or pop jazz? How many name jazz acts could be
brought
> > in if instead of 120 Dixieland bands, they went with 60? They could turn
> > this into a quality jazz event people would flock to.
> >
> > The society insists on sticking with unknown bands from a genre that
just
> > isn't popular anymore. They can continue to cut costs and reduce the
> number
> > of acts each year until there is nothing left, but that's not the goal,
is
> > it?
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