[Dixielandjazz] FW: Is Jazz dying

[Ron L]

Ray's post got me a bit upset so I didn't answer right away and I was not
sure where to begin.  I've been listening to Dixieland/New Orleans/Ragtime
since I was a kid of 13 or 14 and I still hear tunes I never heard before.
The style covers music from the late 1800s to the 1950s, to say the least,
so 60 or so years of music means that there are a lot of tunes to choose
from.   I've been playing since the 1970s and I dare say, I have not played
the same tune twice exactly the same way (and probably not entirely
correctly either).  There are timing variations, tempo variations, tone
colors, changes in volume and solo order, not to mention changes in
personnel with whom I've played.  My playing changes in different settings,
venues and with different people.  The possibilities are joyfully endless!

Ron L

-----Original Message-----
From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
[mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Jim Kashishian
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 1:22 PM
To: lherault at bu.edu
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] FW: Is Jazz dying

Ray wrote:
It's my belief that Dixieland won't die due to its style, but due to the
boredom of playing only the 1920's Dixieland tunes.

Ah, but Ray.....there are just so many, many ways to play all those tunes.
Just listen to the YouTube John Allred video that Bob Ringwall just posted
on DJML (Sweet Georgia Brown).  There's certainly nothing boring about that.
You think it's all been done, then you hear someone like John!  

'tain't the tune, it's the way in how you play it.......

Jim (no boredom here) Kash


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