[Dixielandjazz] Original Music

[Steve Barbone]

Charles Suhor <csuhor at zebra.net> wrote
 
> Agreed, Tom. Some players stretch mightily to be new and totally
> different and think that's the way to be "original." Tracy Cochran,
> writing about sculptor Frederick Franck (summer 2006 issue of Tricycle)
> nailed it: "The Lascaux cave paintings had the original quality that
> Franck was looking for. 'There has been an exaggerated use of  the word
> original in our culture,'  Franck said.  'I use it in the sense of
> being in direct contact with our origins.' ?  Sounds like a description
> of any performance when a player digs deeply, whether in OKOM, avant
> garde, classical music, or polka bands.
 
> Charlie

And even though they may stretch mightily, isn't what they all do still
based, in one form or another, at least in part upon what others have done
before them? 

Cheers,
Steve