[Dixielandjazz] Oscar & OKOM

[TCASHWIGG at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/23/04 3:38:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
nvickers1 at cox.net writes:

> Agree, the phrase  "playing OKOM is the beginning of all musical wisdom" 
> was
> a bit of musical hyperbole on my part.

To some on this list however it is not onlyh "the Beginning but also the 
ending"
Perhaps we could change OKOM to  "Alpha & Omega Music"  and then shorten it 
to AOM.


> One phrase I heard once went like this:

  " You have to be able to play 'far > in' before you can play 'far out.'"


Oh I don't know about that line either Norm, have heard some cats at jam 
sessions play "far out" before they were even let into the session.  They started 
far out and just kept on going farther and farther from the melody with each 
bar, as they played themselves back to the BAR.

I was asked to play FAR OUT once  "Far out in the Parking Lot"

Cheers,

Tom Wiggins