[Dixielandjazz] Anachronic Jazz Band (Some good stuff)

[Stan Brager]

Mike;

I wholeheartedly agree with your excitement over the Anachronic JB - the
music is fresh, inventive, and compelling. I first heard the Anachronic Jazz
Band on their first CD which Bob Ringwald loaned me more than 20 years ago
(I returned it). Even then, the CD's were impossible to obtain although I
went to the same source where Bob got his copy. Bob later loaned the CD to
someone who didn't return it.

A friend had both CDs and made copies for me which I now guard quite
closely. From time to time, I played cuts on my radio show knowing that
there were those who believed that the music of Charlie Parker, Thelonious
Monk and others wasn't worth a damn. Those cuts were always quite
well-received.

The positive and ecstatic reviews mentioned in prior posts on the DJML makes
me think that the people who hold the masters and the rights to them, should
make them available once again. Even in a limited release, it would be worth
the expense.

Stan
Stan Brager
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Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Some good stuff


> OK - I know, I posted two negative messages in a row.  Well, I calls  'em
as
> I see's 'em, I guess.
> Here is a really positive one.
> I have a tape that someone sent me and for the live of me, I can't
remember
> who sent it, but I just got to listen to it for the first time.
> It is a group called The Anachronic Jazz Band.  It was recorded back  in
1976
> and 1978 in France.  This group is not only fantastic, but their  fresh
ideas
> of how to blend old and new are just phenomenal.
> They play Be-bop tunes in a trad/two beat style and it WORKS!   The
> arrangements are great and the playing is wonderful!
> Had anybody else ever heard this recording?
> Mike Vax
>
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