[Dixielandjazz] Music theory

[Gary Kiser]

When I talked of lesser chops, I was really referring to chops -- 
embouchure, lips, fingers, etc...  I am actually in the theory 
(language/grammer) camp.  I do agree that one can get by by playing 
simply to the masses.  Alas, I have more selective tastes.  95% of the 
musicians that I follow have a good theory education.  There are, of 
course, the exceptions that with other musical/emotional tools put 
themselves on the upper shelf, but they are exceptions.

Pardon my ignorance, but are we talking of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band 
here or just an euphemism for something else.  Sorry, perhaps I'm 
missing a bit of education.

All the best, Gary


tcashwigg at aol.com wrote:

> Actually I think we just said the same thing Gary, but I am not sure 
> of my grammar, or maybe you are writing in French :))
>
> When I mentioned about the Dirty Dozen gong over the heads of their 
> audiences that was what I meant, you have a much simple choice of 
> words on the subject,  Thanks,   Some shows I think it could only get 
> more musically confusing if Michael Brecker and Maynard Ferguson sat 
> in with them.  :))    Mass musical mayhem and confusion emits all too 
> often, and the word Melody just slips from the musical vocabulary 
> altogether for a while.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tom Wiggins