[Dixielandjazz] What music do young people hear?

[LARRY'S Signs and Large Format Printing]

One more thought.  Isn't it fun to discover something new from the past.
It's a lot like treasure hunting.  Keep looking.  I remember the first time
I played a tune by Sidney Bechet.  What a blast it was like I had discovered
gold.
Larry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Tramette89 at aol.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] What music do young people hear?


> I couldn't help but notice this subject when it got brought up...
>
> sign.guy at charter.net wrote"There is no law that says everyone should like
the
> same kind of music. With the multiciplicty of styles today it's the
teacher's
> and schools job to
> introduce styles that may not be in the main stream."
>
> Speaking as a high school student, I can say that that isn't the case
around
> my neck of the woods. Teachers seem intent on making the students listen
to
> jazz, but only modern jazz. All of my band directors throughout middle and
high
> school admit that they have never listened to anything recorded before
1940.
> The stuff school jazz bands play is almost always rock or latin flavored,
and
> if it isn't that, then it's bebop. We've had some terrific young jazz
musicians
> come out the the high school I attend, but they're all interested solely
in
> modern styles. It's because that's all their instructors tell them to
listen
> to; they are basically being taught that any older style of jazz is
basically
> "wrong". They take us to hear modern jazz ensembles. They make us listen
to
> Miles Davis and John Coltrane. And they don't allow any saxophonists to
double on
> clarinet!
>
> I can't help but wonder if maybe more kids would be into OKOM if they were
> ever actually exposed to it at school. The situation is pretty bad in
Ohio,
> where I live, but its nice to see that other places aren't as biased. I've
> basically had to take things into my own hands, because boy, do I get a
lot of guff
> for liking the music I like! (That's not even going in to how many people
make
> fun of me because I own a c-melody sax!)
>
> Hmm, most of the kids don't agree with my taste in music either, but
that's
> no big surprise. Still, I try to convert a few of 'em every now and
then...I've
> introduced a young trombonist to Jack Teagarden, and I've got a bari
saxist
> hooked on Adrian Rollini!
>
> And where did I get my first taste of old-fashioned jazz? From a Chips
Ahoy
> commercial. (True story. They used to run "Sing, Sing, Sing" as the
background
> music in those commericals, and the first time I heard that, I was
hooked!)
>
> -Lily Korte
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