[Dixielandjazz] Letter on Sacramento Jubilee

Thu Aug 5 08:29:13 PDT 2004

Hi Pat...last night when I wrote that, I was in a P-off mood! Nothing during
the day, it seemed had gone right...then I had a couple of strong ales to
heighten my spirits...the rest, as they say...
The ales failed me!
Warm regards,
Bob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Cooke" <patcooke at cox.net>
To: "Bob Romans" <cellblk7 at comcast.net>; "Tim Eldred"
<julepjerk at surewest.net>; "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Letter on Sacramento Jubilee


> 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
> > 209-339-4676
> > www.cellblockseven2002.net
> > 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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