[Dixielandjazz] Blanket Statements?

[Steve Barbone]

Dear Scott:

Kudos to those listed below. But that's 24 teachers, out of how many OKOM
Musos? 10,000? That seems to me to be the very definition of damn few. They,
including you, should be proud to be part of the few.

Kind of like the US Marines. How many are there?  Hundreds of Thousands, but
since there are several million in the Armed Forces of the USA by comparison
and by their choice of words, they are "The Proud and The Few".

Consider also how many of the 24 below actually get their students paying
gigs and become fully involved mentors? Lets get to a 100 OKOMers who
actually "MENTOR" kids before we even think about it as more than a few.

Mentors? Ed Polcer with Jonathan Russell. Lately joined by Bucky Pizzarelli
and others. These guys do a lot more than teach music to young Jonathan.
They get him paying gigs. They introduce him to record producers and club
owners. The promote him. They instill in him, a sense of what the business
of music is all about. And how to value his performances. (Read . . . get
paid a reasonable sum, rather than playing free) Dave Robinson is also a
mentor. How many are there like the guys mentioned above?

Cheers,
Steve Barbone


on 7/5/07 8:08 PM, Scott Anthony at santh at pacbell.net wrote:
 
> Just a start for dedicated jazz camp teachers in no particular order:
> 
> Katie Cavera - banjo/guitar
> Clint Baker - almost anything
> Hal Smith - drums
> Bill Dendle - banjo/guitar
> Rusty Stiers - trumpet
> Anita Thomas - reeds
> Ed Metz Jr. - drums
> Jason Wanner - piano
> Eddie Erickson - banjo
> Westy Westenhofer - tuba and bass
> Bria Skonberg - trumpet
> Jackson Stock - trombone
> George Probert - soprano sax
> John Hall - drums
> Marilyn Keller - vocal
> Tom Jacobus - tuba
> John Goodrich - reeds
> Claire McKenna - clarinet
> Dan Comins - cornet
> Jim Buchmann - reeds
> John Reynolds - banjo/guitar
> Dick Maley - drums
> Shelly Burns - vocals
> me - banjo/guitar
> 
> Not to mention the JazzSea Jammers, led by Dick Williams (who should
> probably get a Nobel Prize for doing it), that gives adult players of all
> levels of ability a chance to play in front of an audience. They play almost
> as many sets on a typical JazzSea cruise as all the regular invited bands on
> the cruise put together, plus they are now playing sets at the San Diego
> Thanksgiving Dixieland Jazz Festival.
> 
> I think this is way more than "Damn few," thank you very much.