[Dixielandjazz] politically correct?

[Mike C.]

We played it in Sacramento as well. We don't do it as a vocal, but an 
instrumental.

Mike

Gary Kiser wrote:

> 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.
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> All the best, Gary
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> www.sacapulses.com
> www.mojobrassband.com
> www.massifjazz.com
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> acjspres at aol.com wrote:
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>> 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:
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>> 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)
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