[Dixielandjazz] YKOM or not?

[Gary Kiser]

I received some replies to my post concerning LALC's Christmas special 
that slightly puzzled me.  No one was rude or disagreeable in any way; 
that isn't the issue at all.  What I found curious was having kind folk 
tell me what OKOM is.  Ok, ok, I am on this list because I share with 
you an interest in a "certain style of jazz" that we call OKOM.  Yet, I, 
personally, myself, on my own, like MANY types of music.  New Orleans, 
Dixieland, swing, Django, West-Coast, Chicago, etc... are just a small 
sampling of what I listen to.

Define what you like all you want, but don't tell me what I should like 
because I am on this list.  Just because I am on the DJML doesn't mean I 
can't be on the Death Metal Grunge Mailing List or the Woody Allen 
Mailing List as well.

Anyway, I am curious as to where your boundaries are with OKOM.  
Everyone's boundaries will differ for sure.  I have decided to poll you 
from time to time.  The subject line will read "YKOM or not?"  If 
interested, great.  If not, there is the delete key.

My first offering is a clip by a guitarist that I enjoy a great deal, 
Stanley Jordan.  No, not a name we see often on DJML.  For those that 
don't know of him, he plays the guitar by 'tapping' the strings.  In 
doing so, he can play guitar with one hand.  Or, he can play two guitars 
with two hands.  Personally, I think he is wonderful.

The clip here is Willow Weep For Me a nice tune I play in 6/8 funk with 
the Mojo Brass Band.  Here Stanley starts out solo (he is GREAT solo) 
and the rest of his band comes in later.

Your Kind Of Music Or Not?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_5YX5WytfA


All the best, Gary