[Dixielandjazz] Why do people love bad art?

[Bill Haesler]

On Monday, August 27, 2007, at 11:43  PM, Steve Barbone posted an 
article
> Lousy Is the Best They Can Ever Be
> NY TIMES - By MICHAEL WHITE - August 26, 2007 - LONDON
which included [snipped]:

> In this respect the Really Terrible Orchestra has interesting 
> precedents.
> Back in the 1960s a maverick figure of the British musical avant-garde,
> Cornelius Cardew, created what he called the Scratch Orchestra; like 
> the
> Terrible, it was an ensemble of players who couldn’t play, or at least
> couldn’t play the particular instruments they had selected for Scratch
> Orchestra Concerts, a proviso that allowed the involvement of bona fide
> musicians like Michael Nyman and Brian Eno.

Dear Steve,
Because of my email problems yesterday, I've only just go around to 
reading that interesting article.
Loved the typical British laid-back quotes.
That extract reminded me of a thread regarding a 78 raised on the DJML 
some years back.
'Ten Cats and a Mouse'
Dave Barbour, t; Bill May, Bobby Sherwood, tb; Paul Weston, cl; Eddie 
Miller, as; Benny Carter, ts; Dave Cavanaugh, bar; Red Norvo, p; Hal 
Derwin, g; Frank DeVol, sb; Peggy Lee, d.
Recorded for Capitol, Los Angeles 13 October 1947.
   Ja-Da
   Three O'clock Jump

Good fun and well done too.
Kind regards,
Bill.