[Dixielandjazz] wandering minstrels

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

That may be true but when I was in Ecuador the AF band just about took over 
a small resort for a weekend and the staff of the hotel who had been 
sweeping and changing bed linens and serving tables all performed.  They 
were kick ass performers too.  Those guys played really well and if they 
only knew a dozen songs then they did them very well.  Most played flutes, 
pan pipes and ocarinas and they also had two guitars a Bass and drum set. 
They had quite a show and equal to any I have seen here.

I was struck by the diaphragm movement of the flute players.  It was huge 
and the sound they got was really good and quite loud.  They definitely were 
playing to the back row and this was all at 9,000 feet.  We were having 
trouble keeping our instruments sounding at that altitude but these guys 
lived there their whole lives and could really pump air.

Maybe we fell into the middle of the Andes music robot factory.

I could just imagine what would happen if a resort hired a band in this 
country and said oh by the way you have to sweep the place and bus tables 
too.  They seemed to have a whole different attitude toward work and music. 
I'm not saying that using people this way is good but it's different.
Larry Walton
St. Louis
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From: "Ministry of Jazz" <jazzmin at actcom.net.il>
To: "jazz" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 11:57 AM
Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] wandering minstrels


> We get them in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem too, though I have not seen them
> during the last few years when life in the streets might have been too
> exciting for them.
>
> I've also seen them in Santa Monica. I think there is a factory in the 
> Andes
> somewhere that produces programmed Latin American robots that all know the
> same 12 songs, and they send them around the world with the same blankets,
> pan flutes, straw hats, CDs, etc.
>
> Elazar
>
> -----Original Message-----
> inundated by Indians from South America and their drums and flutes. >>
>
> Hi,
> we get these groups in the UK. Been coming here for years. They seem to
> stick to the tourist centres pretty much. Perhaps the tourists think it is
> authentic Bitish Folk Music???.
>
> Seen them around Europe too. Perhaps its the same guys. They all look he
> same to me.
>
> Cheers
>
> Pat
>
>
>
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