[Dixielandjazz] McQuaid's Rhythmakers/cartoons

[Bill Haesler]

Dear Charlie,
You were doing very well until you said:
"I call them‹take a deep breath‹mostly corny. As mentioned earlier, we just
don¹t have an untainted vocabulary to apply to those old-style bands. It¹s
not ³early jazz² in the sense that Oliver, Louis, the NORK, etc. were. We¹ve
inherited terms like ³corn,² ³razzmatazz,² ³Mickey Mouse,² and ³cartoon
music.² If we could adopt a term like ³razzmatazz² or defuse ³corn² of it¹s
pejorative connotations, those terms might be generic descriptors of the
music we¹re talking about."
But I forgive you.
8>)
Kind regards,
Bill.