[Dixielandjazz] Re: N.O. J & H -Not OKOM

[David Richoux]

Luis,

Some us actually ARE a bit younger than the average DJML list member!

  I was born in 1950 and I grew up on a mix of Big Band, Prez Prado, 
Spike Jones, early Rock n Roll, R&B, Classical  and Lawrence Welk. That 
was just the 50s to early 60s!  After that I listened to (and enjoyed) 
rock radio (including the crazy years of San Francisco Free-Form ) and 
I found modern jazz like Don Ellis and outsider Frank Zappa that was 
not on the radio at all.

It was not until 1969 when I really started listening to Pre and Post 
Bop small combo jazz and then I worked backwards in time to early jazz 
that most on this list call OKOM - mostly because I was playing tuba 
and this was the style of music that most fit my capabilities. I played 
in several festival quality bands and still do, but I also like a whole 
lot of other kinds of music. I think my radio shows over the last 20 
years reflect my eclectic tastes and I only have a problem listening to 
extreme heavy metal. International music is great - there are so many 
instruments and voices that either work by themselves or can be 
combined with other styles to be even more interesting!

I will be doing a special radio show in a few weeks that will explore 
all sorts of bands that use brass instruments - not all of them are 
what might be called "Brass Bands..."

Anyway, that is why I think the NO J & H is worthwhile - all sorts of 
things to see and hear, and the great local food offered at the 
festival is a compelling bonus! If Sacramento could import the food 
booths along with some of those local New Orleans OKOM bands it would 
be a much better fest as well!

Dave Richoux

On Apr 14, 2005, at 2:14 PM, Luis Daniel Flores wrote:

> Tom,
> I may think you are a socialist globalist KOf Musician pretending
> desperately to be younger than many of us
> cheers
> Luis
>
>