[Dixielandjazz] Traditional Jazz Educators Network

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

I was going to post this the other day when this first came out but 
backed off:

Like our ( I think still buddy Mike Vax)  who understands probably 
better than all of us about the educational system and music problems 
across the USA IN SCHOOLS,   even though we sometimes piss each other 
off,  The  first thing they have to do is RE-Teach The Teachers to 
Teach Traditional Jazz  because so many of them have no idea what it is 
since they were not taught it.

Mr. ROBINSON IS A RARE exception to the rule I would venture.  
Thankfully he has taken up the torch, probably why he is not on this 
list, too busy out there doing something about it.
And Jim Cullum's appearances and discussions hopefully got the message 
across to some others at the OFTEN TOTALLY SELF CENTERED IAJE institute 
which is a wonderful Institution  for those that like living in 
Institutions.

Personally I never got off on sitting around contemplating my naval :))

Cheers,

Tom  " A Rolling Stone still gather's no Moss"  Wiggins

Don't see anybody throwing any Dirt on old Mick yet either and he is a 
Hell of a lot more exciting on stage than Kenny G. or Michael Brecker  
???    So looking at comparisons here we see there is room for 
everybody, just not on the same stage at the same show. :))  Different 
strokes for different folks.

Musical content:  "We live in Two Different Worlds"   (at least two, 
maybe even planets ) :))

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:38:15 -0500
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Traditional Jazz Educators Network

   "Graham Martin" <grahmartin at bigpond.com> wrote (polite snip)

> I also applaud your encouragement for people to get involved with the
> Traditional Jazz Educators Network. As a matter of fact, a few years 
back, I
> had some correspondence with them about their plans for going 
international.
> They responded that they had no short term plans to do this but maybe 
long
> term.

Still no short term plan term to go international

> I got the impression they felt they had their hands full educating
> American youngsters. And you do have to realise that it is basically 
a list of
> American educators who have some commercial (albeit educational) 
objectives
> for their members - as well as that fine Mission Statement you quoted.

And that is a valid impression. They indeed have their hands full with 
the
education of American youngsters. Jazz music education here, at the pre-
college level generally barely mentions pre 1940 music. So "trad Jazz" 
as
defined by many teens here is bebop and the progenitors are Bird and 
Diz.
There was quite a bit posted about this on the DJML over the years and
recently about the Cullum Jazz Band breakthrough at the IAJE convention.
Most IAJE'ers have heretofore ignored teaching about Traditional Jazz.

TJEN has an enormous project in the works: To distribute lesson plans, 
music
samples, course curriculum, etc., in a viable package to 10,000 schools
across the USA. ALL FREE, all focused upon their definition of 
traditional
jazz. They are an activist group at the school level and deserve every 
bit
of support they can get. Their web site is a gold mine of information. I
hope DJMLers will surf all of it.

http://www.prjc.org/tjen/

Now, if we can only get those kids gigs. :-) VBG

Cheers,
Steve



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