[Dixielandjazz] Re: Dixielandjazz Digest, Vol 37, Issue 52

Steve barbone barbonestreet at earthlink.net
Fri Jan 27 12:38:42 PST 2006


Dan Augustine <ds.augustine at mail.utexas.edu> wrote (polite snip)

> Well, reports of the death of OKOM in Austin have been
> greatly exaggerated. . . MIDDLE SNIPPED FOR BREVITY

> Yeah, yeah, so what's my point?  The point, dear reader, is
> that the music we love is not in fact forgotten and dying away, but
> is being rediscovered and transmogrified into shapes and sizes that
> young musicians and young audiences like.  And, i guar-an-tee, it
> ain't happenin' only in Austin, but in some small bars and
> coffee-houses in your own town.  However, nobody but the young
> (mostly) know about it.  Things come around again in time, not as
> circles, but as spirals with different aspects, sprouting organically
> in each age's changing soil.  We're looking for bands in the old
> mold, but new bands playing OKOM are out there playing right now,
> except in places we don't go.

Heh, heh.

You got that right Dan. It is out there all over the place, but one has to
be just a little adventurous to find it. Been there and growing since the
Ken Burns Jazz Show. Glad to see you out and about. Who know? the YOUNG.

Cheers,
Steve




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