[Dixielandjazz] YKOM or not?

[Bob Romans]

Thanks, Gary...I could listen to him all night long!
Warmest regards,
Bob Romans,
1617 Lakeshore Drive,
Lodi, Calif., 95242
PH 209-747-1148
www.cellblockseven2002.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Kiser" <gary at kiser.org>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 6:43 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] YKOM or not?


>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
> 
> 
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