[Dixielandjazz] I love this definition!

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

polite snip: from DON'S POST:


Your definition applies to clubs that feature so-called "avant" or 
post-bop
where the band is too hip for the room, and even the most sophisticated
listener has no clue as to what he/she is really hearing. And they do 
pay a
lot of money to be seen attending this so-called "hipness." And the 
players,
because they think Coltrane is God, are willing to work for $40 a night 
for
their "religion."


Sounds pretty much like everything I have seen with OKOM players too 
Don,
so what's the beef ?  :))    The OKOM guys think Louis is God, or Bix, 
Teagarden, Sidney, Kenton,
  or whoever they happen to idolize, and many won't even listen to 
anybody else or play anything
other than what they think is OKOM.   And the money most of them make 
is about the same
so far as I can see,  seems to be the way it goes in RELIGIOUS MUSIC :))

Cheers,

Tom Wiggins,
  who don't hang out in those kind of churches :)) they tend to take up 
too many LOVE offerings
and like the original post said, it don't usually find it's way down to 
the players anyway.







-----Original Message-----
From: mophandl at landing.com
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] I love this definition!

   Bob Romans writes:



<<Jazz Club - n. A place where people pay a lot of money not to listen 
to
jazz, most of which does not go to the musicians to whom they are not
listening.>>

I wonder how many on this list are aware that there exists in the USA 
one
true jazz club devoted entirely to pre-war hot jazz? I'm of course 
referring
to the Landing in San Antonio. Are there others currently operating 
(besides
Fritzels)? Let me know.

At the Landing, the customers don't pay a lot compared to other "jazz" 
clubs
in major cities. The band gets a decent wage. If the audience is not
listening, Jim usually succeeds in getting their attention so they do. 
These
days it's a rare night when the ENTIRE club is ignoring the band, and 
that's
usually because they're all zipper-head members of a convention group 
that
wandered in post-meeting or something. Most of the time, most of the 
folks
are listening intently.



Your definition applies to clubs that feature so-called "avant" or 
post-bop
where the band is too hip for the room, and even the most sophisticated
listener has no clue as to what he/she is really hearing. And they do 
pay a
lot of money to be seen attending this so-called "hipness." And the 
players,
because they think Coltrane is God, are willing to work for $40 a night 
for
their "religion."



So with the Landing you get music that you can hum or whistle on the way
out, and at a reasonable price. What a deal.



Make sure we're there before booking passage. Special for DJML: email me
first.



landing.com



mopo



Don Mopsick, Riverwalk Webmaster



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