[Dixielandjazz] OKOM in California--why?

[Charles Suhor]

Thanks for a fascinating count and analysis, Bill. Even though the 
Western states are large and populous, it does seem that a cultural 
friendliness to OKOM is more common there. Just an intuition, of 
course. Thanks also for the new word, "pungle"--a great sound. It isn't 
in my unabridged but that's Webster's loss.

Charlie Suhor

On Mar 1, 2005, at 9:39 PM, Bill Gunter wrote:

> Jerry Gordon added:
>
>      "But watch out for forest fires, mud slides and especially 
> earthquakes"
>
> Jerry left out transvestites, Marin County hot tub events, 
> terminators, shark attacks, urban sprawl, smog, overpopulation, UCB, 
> San Francisco alternate lifestyles, Big Sur Hippies, and Disneyland 
> (just to mention a few local aberrations) - California is a place 
> where your wildest fantasies are just waiting for you.  Come out and 
> join a jazz band (or a nudist colony . . . there's something for 
> everyone).
>
> The American Rag carries a list (Igor's Map of Traditional Jazz 
> Festivals) which is informative:
>
> California lists 16 jazz festivals this year.
>
> The West Coast (including Washington, Oregon and British Columbia) 
> totals 30
>
> Add in Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Arizona (all way out west) and you 
> now total 36
>
> Still pretty much out west (Colorado) and the total goes to 38.
>
> The rest of the country all put together offers 24 festivals.
>
> That means that out west, 8 states plus one Canadian Province offiers 
> 38 annual festivals and the remaining 42 states can only pungle up 24.
>
> Running the numbers and the west offers an average of almost 5 annual 
> festivals per state while the rest of the 51 states offers only a half 
> a festival per state.
>
> Of course there are ameliorating circumstances . . . the 8 Western 
> States are damn near half the geographical area of the whole country.
>
> I suppose one can make the case that jazz exists primarily in the far 
> west and the far east. The middle west is pretty much in the "polka" 
> belt.
>
> What do you suppose the results would be if we were looking at the 
> number of festivals featuring accordians.  Then, of course, in the 
> southeast we're looking at bluegrass festivals (5 string banjos and 
> mandolins).
>
> Then there is a lot of intermingling . . . Buck Creek plays in 
> Sacramento and the Boondockers play in Florida . . .
>
> In retrospect, I don't think a convincing case can be made for any one 
> section of the country producing a lopsided majority of OKOM as 
> opposed to the rest of the country.
>
> It's a wonderful world, full of strange and amazing things,
>
> Bill "Thimbles" Gunter
> jazzboard at hotmail.com
>
>
>
>
>
>> From: Jerry Gordon <jerrygordon at juno.com>
>> To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
>> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] OKOM in California--why?
>> Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:15:36 -0500
>>
>> But watch out for forest fires, mud slides and especially earthquakes.
>>
>> Jerry Gordon, Troy, NY - Web master for
>> http://timesunion.com/communities/jazz
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:09:06 EST TCASHWIGG at aol.com writes:
>> >
>> > We have no Hurricanes, Blinding Dust storms, Baseball size
>> > Hailstorms,
>> > usually no Tornadoes, and no Blizzards, and so far no Tsunami.
>> >
>>
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