[Dixielandjazz] Survey

[Ed Danielson]

>Of the 400 members, I was curious as to how many are "professional
>musicians" (my use of the word professional started lots of fireworks), 
>band
>leaders, drummers, trombone players, trumpet players, clarinet players,
>string bass, tuba/sousaphone, piano, banjo/guitar, washboard, fans of OKOM,
>festival directors, etc.

Sorry I didn't get a chance to respond earlier to this survey; I spent a 
couple of days on the slopes of Winter Park and was away from my e-mail.  (I 
was skiing, though there are other uses for those slopes.)

I'm a DJ on Denver's jazz89, KUVO; the program is called "Morning Beat," 
heard 6:00 to 9:00 AM Mountain Time Monday through Friday.  (Tune in online 
at www.kuvo.org).  I'm also a member of the board of directors of the Summit 
Jazz Foundation (www.summitjazz.org), a Colorado non-profit that produces a 
trad jazz festival in Denver the last weekend of September and a series of 
mainstream/swing concerts during the fall, winter and spring at the Donald 
R. Seawell Grand Ballroom (pause to genuflect) at the Denver Performing Arts 
Complex.

The next Summit Jazz concerts, by the way, will be January 23 and 24, 
featuring Harry Allen, Ken Peplowski, John Bunch, Joe Cohn, Keter Betts and 
Jake Hanna.  If you happen to be in Denver, you won't find any better 
mainstream jazz in town that weekend.  If you're not, you can listen to the 
concert over the internet.  We webcast the Saturday night concerts over the 
Summit Jazz website.  You'll need Windows Media Player (which you can 
download from the Summit Jazz website if needed).  Just visit 
www.summitjazz.org on January 24 and you'll find the appropriate link to 
hear the webcast.  Click in!

I have been a jazz fan since the age of 10.  Trad jazz was the first music I 
ever paid attention to, but I've come to like most types of jazz, from Scott 
Joplin to early Ornette Coleman.  The first LP I ever bought was by Doc 
Souchon (and I sure wish someone would reissue it on CD -- my copy is badly 
worn to the point of near unplayability).  I don't use the term 'OKOM,' 
because I think it's too exclusive.  I used to deplore the word 'Dixieland,' 
too, but these days "traditional jazz" means any kind of real jazz to smooth 
jazz listeners (amazing that the public at large actually considers that 
'jazz').

I play piano, but just for my own amazement.  I briefly played washtub bass 
and jug in a band called "The Famous Greenfield Iowa Molasses Truck 
Explosion" and another called "The Moral Fibre String Band."  I have a day 
gig as a computer network administrator.

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