[Dixielandjazz] opening a can of worms

[Gluetje1 at aol.com]

I think it is part of a bigger can of worms that needs opening because it  
smells.  Odds are that most bands in Europe know more about bands in the  U.S., 
than bands in the U.S. know about bands in Europe.  U.S. citizens  know less 
about the rest of the planet than the citizens of any other  nation--if one 
compares citizens of equivalent education and intelligence.
I'll duck also as a born in the Heartland USAer,
Ginny

 
In a message dated 8/15/2006 7:12:56 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  heu at bart.nl 
writes:

Europe  embraced the jazz legacy in the forties, started to copy and then
started  developing jazz on its own. Reading DJML I found out there's
a lot of  unjustified patriotism in the U.S.A. I think the level of jazz in
Europe is  much higher than in the U.S.A. Most bands in Europe
are just superiour to  U.S.A.-bands. I know we all have to pay our
debts to the originators, but  it is time to see the truth, so that
we can communicate on the right  level.

Ducking,

Cees van den  Heuvel
http://www.revivaljassband.nl