[Dixielandjazz] Our time will come

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

"Will it go round in circles?"   Billy Preston,

Yes again and again and again,  young folks like to DISCOVER their 
music especially after having grown up having radio shove it down their 
throats and withhold all this unique music from them until the got to 
college and discovered it on their own.

Fortunately Europe discovered it 60 years ago and kept it alive, and 
now ASIA IS DISCOVERING IT AND WILL GIVE IT ANOTHER SHOT IN THE ARM 
EVEN IF THE USA IGNORED THE FLU SHOT ADMINISTERED TO IT BY KEN BURNS.


Perhaps 100 years from today Americans will discover this ancient form 
of music being taught in our colleges by Chinese Jazz Professors from 
China.  :))

Cheers,

Tom Wiggins



-----Original Message-----
From: Cees van den Heuvel <heu at bart.nl>
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 01:13:54 +0200
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Our time will come

   Dixieland, New Orleans, Chicago etc. 
 
 All music forms based on collective  
 contrapunctual improvisation, are unique. 
 
 May be the only music based on collectivity. 
 
 With or without technical ability -I think  
 technical ability enhances the music- it all 
 
 comes down to playing together. So the band 
 
 with the most mutual understanding creates 
 
 the best music. I think audiences all over the 
 
 world recognize the click. So this music will 
 
 survive. I found out at jazz festivals that 
 
 the younger audiences automatically recognize 
 
 this. Even if they would never buy a trad jazz record 
 
 they are overwhelmed at a live concert. 
 
 My advice for all of you musicians: keep on playing 
 
 your music live, don't fall for the poor imitation 
 
 of "pop" music, it will always be second hand. 
 
 Play your own style with conviction and you'll 
 
 create a new audience. The fact that the media don't 
 
 pay any attention to OKOM, will work for us in the 
 
 long run. Young people like to have their own uniqe 
 
 taste, so in the long run that could work for us. 
 
 Just think about what happened to the Buena Vista 
 
 Club of Cuba. Our time will come again. 
 
  
 Cees van den Heuvel 
 
 http://www.revivaljassband.nl 
 
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