[Dixielandjazz] dancing kids

[Jim Kashishian]

Tom wrote:  what is apparent here but not to many in the USA is that where
Jim Lives and works and thrives a Professional and highly respected Musician
is in Europe  where American Jazz, Blues and Gospel Music is still
considered to be our Country's ONLY contribution to 
World Culture. 

Strangely enough, Tom, this seems to be a national malady in lots of
countries.  Respect something that comes from somewhere else more than your
own.  We get Spanish listening to our Jazz, and the Flamenco clubs are full
of foreigners!  :> If it's "from outside", it must be great!   

Tom continues:
Here at home we have legislated so many rules and regulations and
restrictions upon people to go out and have a good time and release energy
and anxiety that we have apparently lost the desire and ability to actually
go out and have FUN.  

I suspect, Tom, that if you go to Germany, and more up North, you will get
all kinds of regulations, also.  The Spanish, however, are not a very
regulative type of people.  They are extremely gregarious, and do not normal
have visitors in their homes.  They go OUT!  They drink a lot, smoke a lot,
& are a very noisy & showy people!  They love to dress up, go out, be seen.
Even Franco couldn't keep them down on the farm!

Someone posted, yesterday, about playing "our jazz" acoustically.  A good
point made for the right people & the right situation.  But, it is certainly
not the right situation for "Noisy Spain"!  

If anyone had a look at the link I posted yesterday and saw the crowded,
tiny club we often play in, you will not see a quiet, attentive audience.
You will see, however, a bunch of kids having a great time.  I have to go to
some extemes to quiet them down after the break.  I announce that "the
concert is about to begin", etc. Nevertheless, I don't try to destroy their
festive mood.  That would be counterproductive. I don't like a church
atmosphere in a club.

So, we go back to the thread that has been flowing beneath all the threads
these recent days:
We all play in different kinds of bands, in very different situations.  None
is the only "correct" situation or band.  All we can each do is try to
survive in the situation we find ourselves, and try to have some fun with
this music we play.

Jim