[Dixielandjazz] politically correct?

[Gary Kiser]

We were told by our driver (who we found a bit difficult) at Sacramento 
that we should not play "Shine."  In the end, we did play it because it 
is a big scat feature for Christian.  Either the audience didn't really 
care about the racist overtones of the tune or they didn't understand 
Christian's English.

All the best, Gary

www.sacapulses.com
www.mojobrassband.com
www.massifjazz.com



acjspres at aol.com wrote:

>We have never given any thought to political correctness when putting a  tune 
>list together, regardless of the tytpe of audience we are playing for. Nor  
>have we ever received a poor reaction to these tunes. We play about 150 to 200  
>gigs a year..never had a problem.
> 
>Are some of you getting a negative reaction to any of these??
> 
>Tunes we play without hesitation:
> 
>Darktown
>Black and Blue
>Basin street (original lyrics)
>Huggin and Chalkin
>I Want a Little Girl
>Dr. Jazz
>Jazz me Blues
> 
>Joe  Hopkins
>AZ Classic Jazz Society Vice-President
>AZ Classsic Jazz Festival  Co-Director
>Jazz Clarinet...52nd Street Jazz Band 602-810-5888 or  480-396-6798
>_www.azclassicjazz.org_ (http://www.azclassicjazz.org) 
>