[Dixielandjazz] Dixieland definitions

[Steve barbone]

Cees van den Heuvel at heu at bart.nl wrote: (polite snip)

> Steve and all trad jazz lovers,

> My goal: to break down the stereotyping of trad jazz, and trying to get more
> airplay for this music
> so that the young people (who are always enthiousastic and stunned when they
> hear the music,sometimes for the
> first time in a live performance) can hear it on the radio or see it on TV.
> Jazz did not start with bop, like all the
> conservatories teach in the Netherlands.
> Wynton Marsalis came to the Rotterdam (NL) conservatory a few years ago and
> started with "That's a plenty"...
> The students and teachers were almost in a coma....and put Wynton in the
> "old farts" box after that.
> Go figure..(Maybe it's fighting windmills)
> 
> Keep swinging,

I'm with you Cees, down in the trenches fighting to make this music relevant
to young people and "music teachers".

Wish you the best with your efforts.

Don Quixote tilted at windmills, but you and I will change that small part
of the world around us.

I suspect others are doing just that also. No flies, straw hats, arm garters
or musical cliches on us. :-) VBG.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone