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

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Very Very sadly Bill and all:

As we Americans got tired of the same old same old and were always 
embracing the next new sound we found our record labels "unloading" off 
all the original stuff as what Americans no longer wanted or would buy 
to European and Asian record companies, so now those of us of my and 
future generations can now pay $33.00 a CD for what we once could buy 
for .99 in the closeout section of our Great American RECORD SHOPS once 
it fell off the Hit Parade. :))    But Hey don't look a gift horse in 
the mouth, we are sharing the wealth with foreign record labels  and 
making the world a better place right ??   All those royalty checks 
rolling in here are keeping all those old musicians fat with retirement 
money :))  yeah right !   That's why they always have to have four or 
five benefit concerts when they die to buy them a coffin and a place to 
be buried.

Seems we only want it back when they are Dead and gone.  :((

And we wonder why the younger generations of America never embraced  or 
even discovered this music.  It hit was exported and almost never 
brought back,  hummm where were all those Preservation societies when 
they had a reason to exist and a mission to fight for.  Oh I know in 
the museums looking at ancient Dead Egyptian mummies.

And oh yes there is a wonderful American Blues Museum in Memphis, Tenn, 
that is about as classy as the PRESERVATION HALL in New Orleans.  And  
then we have the House of Blues Chgain of Clubs and restaurants here 
that almost never have any BLUES Music, yep they too are preserving the 
Blues by promoting ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC WHILE LEGENDARY 93 YEAR OLD 
BLUES MUSICIANS DIE AROUND THE CORNER WAITING FOR A PLACE TO PLAY.

BUT HEY WHO CARES WE GOT Rap and Hip Hop now.

Cheers,

Tom Wiggins   How about a Hippity Hoppity Dixie band or some Rappin' 
Dixie, that outta get some attention in Amurika. !!



-----Original Message-----
From: bhaesler at bigpond.net.au
To: butte1 at mac.com; dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Jazz is not a museum piece . . .

    > It's hard to fight the perception that we're in the nostalgia 
racket, isn't
it?<

Dear Butch,
On a visit to Chicago in 1985, I was amazed (Jess described it at the 
time
"as almost in tears") that, in the biggest record shop in the city, I 
could
not find one jazz LP earlier than about 1960.
I had almost given up when she said "there are bins over here with your
stuff".
Yep! The 'Nostalgia' section - even then.
The next day Wayne Jones, that great drummer, pointed me in the right
direction.
All the best for 2007.
Kind regards,
Bill.



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