[Dixielandjazz] Military bands and OKOM (was We solved the problem! Music?)

[David Richoux]

One more good link on military band development:  
http://www.worldmilitarybands.com/PERSPECTIVES1.htm
(and check the rest of that site: http://worldmilitarybands.com/toc.html

Dave R

On Jun 27, 2005, at 12:32 PM, David Richoux wrote:

> 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.
>
>
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