[Dixielandjazz] OPERA Celebrates a 400th Anniversary - Will OKOM do the s...

[D and R Hardie]

Hj Steve,
  Perhaps you could invite the Buddy Bolden Revival Orchestra from here.
Cheers
  Dan Hardie
http://tinyurl.com/nqaup
On Tuesday, February 27, 2007, at 07:50  AM, Steve Barbone wrote:

> That's a great idea Judie. Perhaps the best way to accomplish it is to 
> get
> the major OKOM jazz Festivals around the world to agree on a 100th
> Anniversary of the birth of Jazz. Say 2008, or 2010 with jazz having 
> been
> born around then? Then have them all use the 100th Anniversary Theme 
> with
> bands that re-create such as Dan Levinson's Roof Garden Jass Band as 
> well as
> bands that play, New Orleans Jazz and those that play "modern" 
> Dixieland,
> with everything else in between. It could all be tied into "100 YEARS 
> OF
> TRADITIONAL JAZZ" or something like that etc. One or two bands in each
> different style would add up to a pretty fair amount of music.
>
> Sacramento Jubilee would be perfect as the keystone Festival to take 
> the
> lead role. Perhaps the American and Mississippi Rags could start 
> talking it
> up? Could almost be a travelling showcase with the top OKOM bands in 
> the
> world participating.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
> JBruno868 at aol.com at JBruno868 at aol.com wrote: (about the 400th 
> anniversary
> celebration for Opera and the parallel to OKOM)
>
> In a message dated 2/26/2007 6:45:53 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> barbonestreet at earthlink.net writes:
> This article is not for everyone, but there are several parallels to 
> OKOM
> such as the need to renew the audience and the music to keep the art 
> form
> viable for more than a few cognoscenti, or relegating it to museums.
>
> Steve, why not start a campaign to celebrate a Anniversary for OKOM. We
> could do that right here and get it going for the world you know. It 
> only
> takes a few of us to work it, start writing some articles, set a date 
> and
> time, place, etc. to have a celebration. Maybe 2008?
>
> Jazz Hugs
>
> Judie
>
>
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