[Dixielandjazz] opening a can of worms

[David Richoux]

Was the band called "Jazz - No Problem?"  I heard them playing on one  
of the major bridges in Prague when I was on tour in 1996 - not bad,  
for a "street band."

One thing I have said before on this list - there are a lot of  
"younger" bands in Europe that are not afraid of early jazz - they  
work it into many new directions and have a lot of fun with it. I  
don't know how successful they all are, and the results are often  
nowhere near what we all call OKOM, but I like it!

Dave Richoux

On Aug 16, 2006, at 4:07 AM, Ministry of Jazz wrote:

> I was astounded to find that in Prague, a city that is not  
> particularly
> wealthy to my knowledge, there was a hotel in the center of town that
> featured a 7 piece Dixieland band every night -- yep, 7 nights a  
> week. On
> one of my visits they had two bands-- one upstairs and one down.  
> Try to find
> a gig like that in the US!