[Dixielandjazz] Re: JASS IS DEAD?

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Naw Dan your not all that crazy, :))

That New York Producer of under 20 bands will too grow up one day and 
discover OKOM. :))

Heck I did,  :))

Cheers,

Tom Wiggins

-----Original Message-----
From: DWSI at aol.com
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 08:50:46 EDT
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: JASS IS DEAD?

    Any thoughts out there on this idea? While talking with a New York 
producer
of young talent (Buring Records, they do under 20 bands only) I asked 
him
where  he thought jazz was going. His answer: Jazz is dead. I think he 
meant it
wasn't  going anywhere anymore. Strangely, I felt relieved. He also 
knows I love

Dixie  and Rag and asked me to play for him (probably a kindness 
afforded my
advanced  age). But when you think about it, "Jazz," has come down to a 
very
restricted  set of songs, chords, styles and none of it is OKOM. I much 
prefer
to be free  from that anchor and just play Dixie and Ragtime. Am I 
crazy?

Dan Spink
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