[Dixielandjazz] More on the History of Jazz

[David Richoux]

Please don't forget this aspect of band history - directly relates to  
the Tin Pan Alley/Jazz era connecting all the way back to BCE!
This history was written by trumpeter Frank London:

http://www.franklondon.com/brotherhood.html

I won't paste the whole thing - it is quite complex...
A fun concept ;-)

Dave Richoux

On Jul 17, 2006, at 7:08 AM, Steve Barbone wrote:

> Oh my, I thought Italians invented jazz but now it appears as if jazz
> (improvisation upon a central theme) was invented in the Arabic,  
> pre-Islamic
> world, and then refined in the Islamic world. And the first revival  
> of this
> music was in . . . gasp . . . Baghdad . . . 8th Century AD. :-) VBG.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>