[Dixielandjazz] Good sets.... good tunes....

[Marek Boym]

A month ago I attended a concert at which, in the first tune or two,
the nominal leader didn't sound on par with the rest of the band.
Then he recovered to such an extent, that some people considered that
concert the best of the three-concerd festival!
cheers

On 12/07/07, GWW174 at aol.com <GWW174 at aol.com> wrote:
> I am not a musucian.... just an audio engineer... but tonight listening to
> Cyrus radio in a local restaurant playing old Sinatra music I had a 'revalation'
> of probably the most important part of a song... a performance... a set...
> and even a festival  Sinatra was singing his "my way" and you could hear the
> song build and build to a great end.
>
> It dawned on this non-musician listener that one of the 'big secrets' of a
> great band ...and also a great song... is that they start out GOOD... and
> throughout a song or a set they somehow manage to get better and better and
> better.... they build to a crescendo - particularly during a set and by the end of
> their set, the audience is 'in their hands' wanting more and more and more.  And
> as PT Barnam once said 'quit while leaving the audience screaming for more'.
>
> I have thought about some of the great bands on the festival ckt over the
> years.... Garden Ave Seven was good at this..Nightbloomers are good at it...
> Today's Coronet Chop Suey, Titan Ave Seven and others are all 'masters' with
> starting out strong and building the set to a roaring climax - hence their success
> with their audiences and n the festival circuit.  I'm not old enough to
> remember the bands of the 30's, and 40's but I ams ure their are some 'historians'
> out there who can prove or disprove this observation.  The songs as well as the
> sets all build to a crescendo - all done with music.  and that's talent for
> sure.  Not sure if this can be gaught or learned but must be 'felt' from within
> the soul.  any thoughts or comments?
>
> Gordon of Northridge.
>
> PS. you can't start out a set playing mediocre orpoorly and then suddenly get
> good or tolerable at the end.  That's not the same and WILL NOT WORK.
>
>
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