Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Re:WHERE DO WE DRAW THE OKOM LINE?

[DWSI at aol.com]

Listmates:
 
Somehow we have gotten off the original  track but it's probably my fault. I 
first asked the question, (where do we  draw the OKOM line?), thinking we 
might agree on a time period or  range of artists to include or exclude. I see now 
that was foolish of  me.
 
The real issue I see more clearly now  is what do audiences EXPECT when we 
use the terms, "jazz," or "Dixieland  jazz," or any other variation of a jazz 
term. Their expectations of the  music they will hear obviously decides their 
interest in listening or attending  or not. In New York, the term "jazz" almost 
always comes down to an expectation  of cool jazz or a Bebop style. Yes, there 
are exceptions but apparently the only  way to generate interest in more 
traditional jazz is to hold those festivals to  Hell and gone in Gulliford CT 
(which is not New York City.)

My question should have been: How can we  influence more people to listen to 
OKOM based on what we call it? What terms would open their collective hearts 
and minds?

All comments appreciated.
 
Dan (piano fingers)  Spink