[Dixielandjazz] New Musical DVD coming - One With Louis Armstrong

[Bill Gunter]

Hello listmates,

When asked if he really thought European jazz bands were superior to bands 
in the U.S.A., Cees van den Heuvel replied:

>No, my goal was to stirr up things and inform
>U.S.A-audiences what is going on in the rest
>of the world, jazz wise

Well -- in that case allow me to help stir things up a bit.

First of all, jazz was invented here in the U.S.A. because of the confluence 
of elements necessary to engender a new art form - "jazz."  Those elements 
still prevail in the U.S.A. more than in any other country on the face of 
the earth.

Therefore, jazz is a constantly improving and evolving art form which only 
American musicians are capable of producing.  Those in other countries can 
only emulate the great music being nurtured in the U.S.A.

Everyone knows, for example, that German beer is always far superior to beer 
brewed elsewhere on the planet. They invented it and are constantly 
husbanding the art form. Others, such as brewmasters in the U.S.A. can only 
learn and reproduce what German brewmeisters have evolved. A good example is 
that American beer really sucks!

It's the same with rum in Puerto Rico, whisky in Scotland, and Chinese 
cuisine in Beijing. Better there than wherever it is that you and I live.  
We have to import it.

In the same way, Europeans must "import" their jazz from the U.S.A.

Sorry, that's just the way it is.

Respectfully submitted,

Bill "historian" Gunter
jazzboard at hotmail.com


P.S. Some of you may disagree with my conceit outlined above but I have 
tried to be objective and reasonable in my observations.  Perhaps not.

BG