[Dixielandjazz] We solved the problem! Music?

[David Richoux]

There is an important OKOM content to this thread! If there had not  
been military bands of double-reed horns and drums in the Turkish  
armies invading Europe in the 1700s then the tradition of having   
military brass (and pipe) bands in "Western" culture would have been  
very different.  If military brass bands were not as they developed  
there probably would have been much fewer civilian brass bands and  
hence the development of jazz as we know it would not have happened.  
(maybe something more like Blues/Rap or Afro-Cuban styles would have  
prevailed in the absence of Jazz?)

Just a theory, but I have heard it from more than one music historian...

Dave Richoux

some interesting links  proving and/or disproving the theory:
http://www.turkishmusic.org/index6.html
  http://www.turkishmusic.org/cgi-bin/d?index.html
http://www.historicbrass.org/
http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/mil/html/ 
mh_035800_musicmartial.htm
and my favorite:  http://www.franklondon.com/brotherhood.html

BTW, Tom - I would be interested in hearing that tape ;-)

On Jun 27, 2005, at 11:53 AM, tcashwigg at aol.com wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
> It is obvious that most of you if not all of you have never heard any  
> authentic Iraqi Music.
>
> They have bands there everywhere consisting of Zorna and Dawola,    
> Flute and Drum (singular)  they play for three days straight at  
> weddings and dances and parties.
>
> The would make a regimentof WASHBOARDS AND BANJOES AND BAGPIES SOUND  
> SYMPHONIC.