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

[Steven Holzer]

I think you will find that we are already too late. I know that some 
festivals and jazz clubs    celebrated the 100th anniversary of jazz a 
few years agone. I don't know what they counted as the inaugural event 
(i.e. birthdate) of jazz. I don't think I'm being inaccurate when I say 
that nobody knows exactly when (or where) jazz first manifested, as 
opposed to ragtime or any of the other predecessor musics, which 
certainly should have celebrated their  100th anniversaries a decade or 
more ago.  It probably depends on how you define jazz (and we don't want 
to go there, do we!). I'm sure there's a defensible rationale for 
celebrating now, too. Just don't expect any kind of unanimity.

Steve Holzer

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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