Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Do Kids Respond to Jazz?

[DWSI at aol.com]

I think Steve captured an essential truth about OKOM when he wrote:

Do kids  love jazz? No doubt about it, as long as it is made  relevant.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone


The eternal challenge arises from the simple fact that OKOM is so  relevant 
to us (most of us being old white guys), and so irrelevant to them  "kids" who 
do not share our history. How could they? They weren't born yet.  Rap and the 
specific songs they hear on their music stations are  relevant because they 
are living it now. But I have to ask Steve one question:  How can you make OKOM 
relevant to these kids generally? Maybe that's the real  question.

Dan Spink