[Dixielandjazz] Quote--one more time!

[Fred Spencer]

Panassie , Hugues and Gautier, Madeleine. Dictionary Of Jazz. London, Jazz Book Club, 1959. "Dixieland...music played by white bands, striving without a great deal of success to copy the genuine New Orleans style of the coloured [sic] people." This definition produced a characteristic response from Dixieland's acerbic guru, Eddie Condon: "Who does that Frog think he is to come over here and tell us how to play ? We don't go over there and tell them how to jump on a grape." Cheers 

Fred