[Dixielandjazz] Jazz is not a museum piece . . .

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

It's actually easier than that guys:

All we have to do is expose new younger audiences to it and it will 
survive very well and take care of itself much better than the Jazz 
Preservation Societies have done with all their valiant efforts to keep 
it localized and private club oriented, while the musicians themselves 
have sat around on their butts and done nothing but accept that as the 
STANDARD of the Industry and be happy that they had built at least 
enough of a reputation to continue to be invited as an ALL STAR  even 
if they can't bring their own Band because it would just cost too much 
and they would have to raise the admission price too high and the 
audience of yesteryear would simply not pay that for good and quality 
entertainment even though they do pay $3.50 a gallon for gasoline, that 
they used to pay .15 cents for  and $3.00 a loaf for the bread they 
used to get for .05 a loaf.

Musicians are supposed to be better at Math that That,  So much for 
that Myth Huh ??

Ask me If I would rather go play to a screaming crowd  of young Turks 
with ears, lips and eyelids pierced and wearing funny clothes willing 
to pay $35.00 to $ 50.00 each to attend a concert or would I like to 
play for a bunch of nice polite Blue haired or no haired folks sitting 
around tapping their toes for $3.00 to $8.00 a seat and complaining 
about the music is too loud or they don't have a Banjo so they are not 
Traditional Jazz, or they didn't play such and such like Delbert and 
the Dippity doos did it in 1933,  Hell folks we weren't even born then, 
and most of us never heard of DELBERT TILL WE DISCOVERED THIS LIST and 
eventually figured out what OKOM music was, and we are a minority 
amongst the 600 members. here.

Cheers,

Tom Wiggins   Who played Rock & Roll in a Pizza Parlor when they fired 
the banjo band, and now only goes to by take out Pizza from a take and 
Bake, which by the way is still a cheap meal at about $10.00, to take 
it home and drink your own store bought Beer.



-----Original Message-----
From: mike at railroadstjazzwest.com
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Jazz is not a museum piece . . .

   I totally agree with you, Steve. That's why it's up to us
younger folks to keep the flame going. Jazz is america's
classical music and if we want it to have a history that extends
1,000 years or more we have to keep passing it down.

Mike






Steven Holzer wrote:
> Not to be too flip about it, but this is increasingly less of 
problem.
> Like people who actually experienced slavery or fought in WW I, the
> people to whom jazz is a matter of nostalgia are dying.  Pretty soon,
> they'll either have to ignore jazz altogether or concede it it's
> rightful place as an art form.
>
> Steve Holzer


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