[Dixielandjazz] Re: Military bands and OKOM

[glen page]

HIi all,

Bill's bibliography omitted "Brass Bands and New Orleans Jazz " by William
Schafer.

Chapter 1 in that book talks about "Turkish music'" in the late 18th
century.It goes on to talk about the post Civil War period and much more.

I cannot read all of this again now but suffice it to say that the
aforementioned book, published by Louisiana State University Press
in1977,contains a wealth of information on the subject under discussion.

Cheers,
Glen.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Haesler" <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
To: "David Richoux" <tubaman at tubatoast.com>; "dixieland jazz mail list"
<dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>; "Luis Daniel Flores" <luda at arnet.com.ar>
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 5:10 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Military bands and OKOM


> "Big Band Jazz, according to one historian, had its start in New Orleans
in
> 1898 at the end of the Spanish-American war. Military bands returned to
the
> port to decommission, flooding the city with used band instruments. And
> African-Americans interested in music quickly bought up hundreds of these
> instruments and quickly began to form bands. Starting from square one,
> aspiring African-American musicians taught themselves to play."
> Bob Thomas (1994). From "Music of London" web site.
>
> Dear Luis and Dave,
> An intriguing topic, touched on frequently by jazz historians but not yet,
> to my knowledge, the subject of a dedicated book.
> Dr Fred Spencer, Dan Hardie, Charlie Suhor - any information?
> Jazz history books, from Frederic Ramsay, Jr and Charles Edward Smith's
> "Jazzmen"  (1939), Rudi Blesh's "Shining Trumpets" (1946) through to
Richard
> Knowles' "Fallen Heroes (1996) and Daniel Hardie's "The Loudest Trumpet"
> (2000), touch on the subject.
> However, the historical connection between military bands, brass bands and
> jazz (from its beginnings to the present) requires a book, rather than an
> essay, based on extensive new and original research.
> Probably best left to a non jazz-influenced researcher.
> An ideal thesis for a PhD.
> Kind regards,
> Bill.
>
>
>
>
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