[Dixielandjazz] Quote

[Fred Spencer]

Dear Tom,
"There are two kinds of jazz:
Traditional--Jazz played in the old three-up three-down style, mostly a 
collective improvisation on 'When the Saints go marching in.'
Modern--Anything conceived and recorded since 1940."
Same book. Cheers.
Fred

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <tcashwigg at aol.com>
To: <drjz at bealenet.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Quote


> Hi Fred:   So True:
>
> That is also why I never refer to my band as a Dixieland Band,
>
> I prefer Traditional Jazz especially since all the DIXIELANDERS maintain 
> that Black Musicians don't Play Dixieland music, and thank God they don't 
> :))   If they did we might not have any Real New Orleans Jazz left at all. 
> :))
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tom Wiggins
>
> http://www.sonicbids.com/StGabrielscelestialbrassband
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred Spencer <drjz at bealenet.com>
> To: dixieland jazz mail list <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:26:00 -0500
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Quote
>
>   Thanks Steve!
> "Dixieland--A source of total confusion since Dixieland, as a geographical 
> term,
> means the Southern States with banjos strumming and all that jazz, but as 
> a
> generic term (because of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band) is generally 
> applied
> to white groups playing in a frivolous style and wearing bowler hats."
>
> Peter Gammond, and Peter Clayton. Bluff Your Way In Jazz.
>
> Cheers. Fred
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