[Dixielandjazz] What a Wonderful World

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Hi guys:

Perhaps we should consider that what ever Jazz any generation grew up 
listening to or were exposed to just might be TRADITIONAL JAZZ TO THEM. 
   who are we to question that just because they may or may not have 
been exposed to what WE THINK OF AS TRADITIONAL JAZZ.

Hence Moon river and Strangers on the Shore and Midnight in Moscow just 
might be TRADITIONAL JAZZ TO MANY PEOPLE that we never met or played 
for but Acker and Andy williams and Henry Mancini  did, who died and 
appointed all of us the authorities of what is and is not Traditional 
Jazz :))

We all have and are entitled to our own personal opinions about the 
subject  but as it has been stated before they are really only our 
personal opinions and should be weighted right alongside all the other 
opinions, what really matters is the response we get from the audience 
we happen to be in front of on any given date, some days we win and 
some days they do.

If they think we are traditional Jazz and hire us again then by God We 
must be playing Traditional Jazz, or at least close enough for JAZZ :))

Cheers,

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: barbonestreet at earthlink.net
To: pj.ladd at btinternet.com
Cc: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] What a Wonderful World

   on 8/14/06 4:31 PM, pat ladd at pj.ladd at btinternet.com wrote:

> I respectfully disagree. IMO, any song you can name, can be played as 
jazz
> by competent jazz musicians.>>
>
> Yes Steve, I wouldn`t disagree with that. But Satchmo`s recording, 
however
> wide you cast your definition is not `traditional jazz` which was my 
point.

Maybe not "traditional" jazz (whatever that means) but certainly jazz as
were all the pop tunes that Traditional jazz bands did from 1920 to 
present
day.

> We do "Music of Louis Armstrong" programs constantly and the two most
> requested songs are WWW and Hello Dolly. Not Jazz???? Don't tell Pops 
that
> when you meet him in the next world.>>

> I am afraid that the fact that it is most requested almost guarantees 
that
> it isn`t jazz. If they were jazzmen requesting stuff it would 
probably be
> Struttin with some BBQ or Do you know what it means, or Georgia or 
Chimes
> Blues.

Are you an elitist? :-) VBG. (1) It certainly is jazz the way my band 
plays
it and we are always grateful when they audience requests a number. (2) 
What
is the difference musically  between WWW and DYKWIMTMNO? and (3) I as a
"jazzman requesting stuff" love to request WWW to see if the band I
requested it from is really a jazz band.

> "Jazz", Pop's definition: "Jazz is what I play for a living." That 
would
> include WWW.>>
>
> You are arguing that everything Pops played in his life MUST be jazz 
because
> he was a superb jazzman. Plain just don`t agree.

Well, I never heard any Armstrong record that did not have some 
elements of
jazz in his version of it, whether vocal or instrumental. But then he 
said
it, his words speak for themselves, so who am I to argue?
>
> Meeting  Louis in the next world?  I am backing him on the 
drums....after
> that we will talk.

I'll be right in front of you on clarinet. (I hope)

Cheers,
Steve


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