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>   1. Young Jazz Players (Steve Barbone)
>   2. Re: Young Jazz Players (TCASHWIGG at aol.com)
>   3. Re: Play for pay! (Larry Walton Entertainment - St. 
>Louis)
>   4. FW: New Hot Jazz Channel show now live 
>at	www.radiojazz.co.uk
>      (brian at radiojazz.co.uk)
>   5. Playing for free (Steve Barbone)
>   6. Copyright (Robert S. Ringwald)
>   7. Re: Copyright (Mike)
>   8. Re: Young Jazz Players (Bill Biffle)
>   9. Re: Playing for free (Larry Walton Entertainment - 
>St. Louis)
>  10. Re: Plastic Horns - Was Grafton Sax
>      (Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis)
>  11. Hobby Musicians (Larry Walton Entertainment - St. 
>Louis)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:17:47 -0400
>From: Steve Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Young Jazz Players
> To: DJML <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List 
><dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
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> 
> Bless those old timers and jazz festivals who spotlight 
>the young players.
> Here's a clip of 14 year old Grace Kelly playing alto 
>sax with the venerable
> Phil Woods at a modern jazz festival. Sound is not great 
>but if you listen
> through that, you'll hear a great player.
> 
> The tune is "I'll Remember April". Modern, but worth a 
>listen.
> 
> Woods gave her one of his hats after her performance. 
>IMO, she is terrific.
> If you google Grace Kelly + Saxophone, you'll come up 
>with info on her. Lots
> of "Famous Old Guys" helping her out with paying gigs. 
>See
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLNe6aaZMiM
> 
> Something all of us working musicians should do. We've 
>got a 16 year old
> alto sax player sitting in with us this Thursday night 
>and by his request,
> we'll do "Blue Monk" and "April in Paris" along with our 
>usual repertoire.
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:29:03 -0400
>From: TCASHWIGG at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Young Jazz Players
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List 
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> I just hired a 17 year old young drummer from Oakland 
>who spent three years with the Skyline High School 
>Marching Band :))   He is going to work out fine, since 
>he has no bad habits or issues yet and is enthusiastic 
>about the music and playing with some cool professional 
>guys.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tom Wiggins
> Saint Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 01:00:13 -0500
>From: "Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis"
> 	<larrys.bands at charter.net>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Play for pay!
> To: <Gluetje1 at aol.com>
> Cc: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
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> There is a vast difference between the standard Senior 
>Citizen home and a 
> charity.  The homes are for profit and charge residents 
>$3000 a month up. 
> This in no way is a charity.  The Seniors are paying for 
>a service and the 
> homes advertise that they have entertainment which 
>attracts paying customers 
> (the Seniors)  The seniors have paid for your service 
>but a corporation is 
> nickel and diming you.  I think that this difference is 
>lost on most of the 
> groups out there who just want to perform.
> 
> That's not to say that there aren't homes that are 
>charitable in nature. 
> There are subsidized homes where the people pay 25% or 
>so of their income no 
> matter what it is.  There are a lot of elderly people 
>who have only a small 
> SS check each month.  Those homes are semi charities but 
>when someone calls 
> me on the phone I may not know what it is.  I have in 
>the past given them 
> names of groups that will perform for free.  That does 
>two things.  First 
> they get to perform.  The home isn't going to hire me 
>anyway and it helps 
> get them out of my hair by directing them to true 
>charitable places.
> 
> There is a church run home that has a lot of elderly 
>nuns.  I get calls from 
> them about twice a year. I have only booked it once. 
> They always plead 
> poverty but I simply don't believe it which brings up a 
>suggestion that 
> might do someone some good.  Groups like that should go 
>to a civic 
> organization in this case a K of C to help subsidize 
>their entertainment. 
> That way the Nuns get entertainment, I get paid and the 
>K of C gets to feel 
> good about what they did for the Nuns.
> 
> If you think that these wannabee entertainers don't have 
>an impact just try 
> to book anything around Christmas time with seniors. 
> They have groups 
> coming out of their ears.
> 
> I guess I'm sort of dwelling on Seniors and Senior Homes 
>but they are major 
> purchasers of OKOM here and are important.
> Larry
> St. Louis
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>From: <Gluetje1 at aol.com>
> To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
> Cc: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 3:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Play for pay!
> 
> 
>> Something I try to do and even occasionally experience a 
>>mite of  success: 
>> I
>> meet retirees living on their pension who see it as 
>> good-hearted charity 
>> to
>> play music, be in a vocal quartet, etc. and entertain 
>> for free for civic
>> events, senior citizens, etc.  I try to see if a bit of 
>> education and 
>> information
>> will help.  Education in making sure they  know such 
>>places do have an
>> entertainment budget.  Compliments that it  is great 
>>that they want to 
>> give their
>> time and talent to charity.  Then I  make suggestion 
>>that their group 
>> could
>> charge and then donate their earnings to  whatever 
>>"actual" charity they 
>> wanted.
>> Also ask them if they know what the  income 
>>circumstances are for 
>> longstanding
>> professional musicians in their  area.  They don't.  Try 
>>to point out that 
>> it
>> may be uncharitable to be  taking money away from 
>>musicians who do need 
>> these
>> jobs to meet living  expenses.  Suggest they make it a 
>>fair competition 
>> for
>> gigs.  I  actually know a couple of groups that did 
>>indeed decide to stop
>> playing for free  as a result of such conversation. 
>> It's not hard to come 
>> up with
>> charities  in actual need.
>>
>> The other piece of "education" is to try and help the 
>>person engaging the
>> group to reflect on what they are "doing" to their 
>>audience when they 
>> inflict
>> poor quality entertainment because it's free; subtly 
>>suggest how this 
>> reflects
>> on them.
>>
>> More than once I have had entertainers tell me that 
>>entertaining in 
>> nursing
>> homes is no different than entertaining pre-schoolers. 
>>And they mean it!
>> Right down to their selection of grade school songs and 
>>their clown,
>> infantalizing, antics.   What an insult!!
>> Ginny
>>
>>
>>
>> ************************************** See what's free 
>>at 
>> http://www.aol.com.
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> ------------------------------
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 07:08:48 +0100
>From: <brian at radiojazz.co.uk>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] FW: New Hot Jazz Channel show 
>now live at
> 	www.radiojazz.co.uk
> To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
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> 
> The June-July Hot Jazz Channel radio show - which is now 
>live at
> www.radiojazz.co.uk - unusually features two rare 
>recordings of battles of
> the bands. In the first "rumble" the Jim Cullum Band 
>battles with New
> Orleans Hot Jazz & Banu Gibson over She's Crying For Me 
>and in the second
> the Salty Dogs and Turk Murphy's Jazz Band go 
>head-to-head over Panama. The
> juries are still out as to who won!
> 
> The new show - which features many CDs new to the air - 
>includes tracks by
> the Red Rose Ragtime Band, Yoshio Toyama & Dixie Saints, 
>the French
> Preservation Jazz Band with Fred Vigorito and Sammy 
>Rimington, Pee Wee
> Russell with Johnny Armatage's band, the Dutch Swing 
>College Band, the
> Warren Vach? Sextet, Geoff Cole's Hot Five, the Lains 
>Barn All-Stars, Kid
> Howard's La Vida Band, Ottilie Patterson with Chris 
>Barber's Jazz Band, The
> Easy Riders Jazz Band, the Buena Vista Jazz Band and 
>Ella Fitzgerald with
> Ellis Larkins.
> 
> In our historic segment this time we're playing tracks 
>by the Mound City
> Blue Blowers with Coleman Hawkins, the Mezzrow-Ladnier 
>Septet, Bennie
> Moten's Kansas City Orchestra and blue singer Victoria 
>Spivey.
> The Hot Jazz Channel's shows are engineered by John 
>Booth and devised and
> presented by Brian Harvey.
> 
> 
> 
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:11:42 -0400
>From: Steve Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Playing for free
> To: DJML <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List 
><dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
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> Generally not a good idea, but there are some 
>exceptions. Here's one that I
> still remember and would be in favor of.
> 
> In the 1950s, Kids under 21 could not get into 
>Philadelphia Jazz Clubs. So
> how would they experience the beauty and freedom of live 
>jazz?
> 
> Ellis Tollin (Sp?) was a well known jazz drummer here 
>and owned a large, 3
> story music store called Music City. The third floor was 
>empty. In an effort
> to bring jazz to the kids, he started a kids jazz night 
>club. His own trio
> played there, him free, and the bass and piano got paid 
>union scale.
> 
> Cost the kids 25 cents to get in and sodas were 
>available at cost. Hours
> were early evening on Friday and Saturday.
> 
> Ellis convinced the visiting jazz musicians who were 
>gigging at Philadelphia
> venues to come in early on Fri and/or Sat night and 
>perform a set free,
> before going to their paying gigs at Peps, the 
>Rendezvous Room, Ortlieb's,
> and the other jazz joints.
> 
> Most were happy to oblige. Clifford Brown, Charlie 
>Parker, Billie Holiday,
> Lester Young, Muggsy Spanier, Billy Kretchmer, Count 
>Basie and most of his
> Orchestra, J.J. Johnson, etc., all came to pass the 
>torch and get the music
> to a new, young audience. It was a magical scene.
> 
> Our bass player, Ace Tesone, was on that gig as part of 
>the trio and he
> became Billie Holiday's bass player whenever she 
>performed here because she
> loved his sound, first heard there. He also got to make 
>that last record of
> Clifford Brown's at the Music City location.
> 
> Jazz for a new, young audience? Not a new idea, and 
>certainly one of the
> reasons Philadelphia was and still is home to a lot of 
>great jazz musicians
> and fans. 
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 08:15:25 -0700
>From: "Robert S. Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Copyright
> To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List 
><dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
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> I notice that "High Society" is listed as being composed 
>in 1901 and "The 
> Curse of an Aching Heart" is 1913.
> 
> Does this mean that they are in public domain?
> 
> --Bob Ringwald K6YBV
> 916/806-9551
> www.ringwald.com
> --
> Leader, The Fulton Street Jazz Band
> www.fultonstreetjazz.com
> --
> The Boondockers (jazz and Comedy)
> www.theboondockers.com
> 
> "The bottom line of any country is, what did we 
>contribute to the world?
> We contributed Louis Armstrong." Tony Bennett  --  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:01:29 -0600
>From: Mike <mike at railroadstjazzwest.com>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Copyright
> To: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List 
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> From what I understand, anything published before 1923( 
>or 95 
> years before January 1st of the current year; assuming 
>no 
> extensions have been filed) is considered to be in the 
>public 
> domain.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> Robert S. Ringwald wrote:
>> I notice that "High Society" is listed as being composed 
>>in 1901 and 
>> "The Curse of an Aching Heart" is 1913.
>> 
>> Does this mean that they are in public domain?
>> 
>> --Bob Ringwald K6YBV
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 10:13:44 -0600
>From: "Bill Biffle" <bbiffle at brgcc.com>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Young Jazz Players
> To: <TCASHWIGG at aol.com>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List 
><dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
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> Looking for a bass player last year, I used a 16 yr old 
>who's granddad
> is a wonderful trumpet player.  The grandfather said the 
>kid could do
> it, so I hired him.  60 mile one way to the gig, three 
>hours of playing.
> His mom drove him up and back and sat through the gig. 
> Played
> beautifully and gave me a chance to work the crowd a 
>bit, too.  "Guess
> how old our bass player is?" etc."
> 
> They're out there.
> 
> Bill Biffle
> Albuquerque NM USA
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
> [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On 
>Behalf Of
> TCASHWIGG at aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 10:29 PM
> To: Bill Biffle
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Young Jazz Players
> 
> I just hired a 17 year old young drummer from Oakland 
>who spent three
> years with the Skyline High School Marching Band :)) 
>  He is going to
> work out fine, since he has no bad habits or issues yet 
>and is
> enthusiastic about the music and playing with some cool 
>professional
> guys.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tom Wiggins
> Saint Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band
> 
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> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 12:20:21 -0500
>From: "Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis"
> 	<larrys.bands at charter.net>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Playing for free
> To: "Steve Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List 
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> I don't know about there but here any club for young 
>people no matter what 
> it's stick doesn't last long.  Drugs, fights, parents 
>fears, church 
> objections, drive bys and alcohol are the usual reasons.
> Larry
> St. Louis
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Steve Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
> To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
> Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" 
><dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 10:11 AM
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Playing for free
> 
> 
>> Generally not a good idea, but there are some 
>>exceptions. Here's one that 
>> I
>> still remember and would be in favor of.
>>
>> In the 1950s, Kids under 21 could not get into 
>>Philadelphia Jazz Clubs. So
>> how would they experience the beauty and freedom of live 
>>jazz?
>>
>> Ellis Tollin (Sp?) was a well known jazz drummer here 
>>and owned a large, 3
>> story music store called Music City. The third floor was 
>>empty. In an 
>> effort
>> to bring jazz to the kids, he started a kids jazz night 
>>club. His own trio
>> played there, him free, and the bass and piano got paid 
>>union scale.
>>
>> Cost the kids 25 cents to get in and sodas were 
>>available at cost. Hours
>> were early evening on Friday and Saturday.
>>
>> Ellis convinced the visiting jazz musicians who were 
>>gigging at 
>> Philadelphia
>> venues to come in early on Fri and/or Sat night and 
>>perform a set free,
>> before going to their paying gigs at Peps, the 
>>Rendezvous Room, Ortlieb's,
>> and the other jazz joints.
>>
>> Most were happy to oblige. Clifford Brown, Charlie 
>>Parker, Billie Holiday,
>> Lester Young, Muggsy Spanier, Billy Kretchmer, Count 
>>Basie and most of his
>> Orchestra, J.J. Johnson, etc., all came to pass the 
>>torch and get the 
>> music
>> to a new, young audience. It was a magical scene.
>>
>> Our bass player, Ace Tesone, was on that gig as part of 
>>the trio and he
>> became Billie Holiday's bass player whenever she 
>>performed here because 
>> she
>> loved his sound, first heard there. He also got to make 
>>that last record 
>> of
>> Clifford Brown's at the Music City location.
>>
>> Jazz for a new, young audience? Not a new idea, and 
>>certainly one of the
>> reasons Philadelphia was and still is home to a lot of 
>>great jazz 
>> musicians
>> and fans.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Steve Barbone
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 12:28:00 -0500
>From: "Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis"
> 	<larrys.bands at charter.net>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Plastic Horns - Was Grafton 
>Sax
> To: "Mike" <mike at railroadstjazzwest.com>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List 
><dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
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> I saw that sax at the KC Jazz museum and he must have 
>been down on his luck 
> to have had that thing or was paid to play it.  It's 
>interesting to see.
> Larry
> St. Louis
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Mike" <mike at railroadstjazzwest.com>
> To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
> Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" 
><dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 8:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Plastic Horns - Was Grafton 
>Sax
> 
> 
>>I remember reading somewhere that the one Charlie Parker 
>>had went for about 
>>$144,500 at a recent auction. It was part of the Chan 
>>Parker collection.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
>> SmokeSignalz at aol.com wrote:
>>> Hi there,
>>> I googled "Ornette Coleman" Grafton saxophone and 
>>>somehow ended up  on 
>>> the dixielandjazz
>>> website.  I saw that some of your participants were 
>>>discussing the  white 
>>> plastic Grafton sax
>>> that Ornette had used, and I am interested in speaking 
>>>with those 
>>> people.
>>>  I now own Ornette's Grafton and am trying to get some 
>>>idea of its value 
>>> for  insurance purposes.
>>> I'd so appreciate any suggestions.
>>>  Thank you very much,    Jeanette  Sartain
>>
>>
>>
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> 
> Message: 11
> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 12:59:44 -0500
>From: "Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis"
> 	<larrys.bands at charter.net>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Hobby Musicians
> To: "1-DIXIELAND JAZZ POST" 
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> There is another difference between a hobby band and a 
>pro band.  That is the amount of praise you get when you 
>play a solo or do well.  Hobby bands fall all over 
>themselves telling each other how well they did even when 
>they didn't.  Pros just don't do it or it's subdued a 
>lot.  Another way is warming up on stage, practicing 
>between tunes or on breaks or holding a conversation 
>between tunes.
> 
> A more subtle thing is that hobby band guys will almost 
>fight for a solo and the pros could care less most of the 
>time.  The pay is the same.  There was a guy that would 
>show up early and go through my book ( I subbed 
>occasionally for the lead tenor player) and pull out the 
>tunes that had solos that he wanted to play and swap 
>parts then put them back later.  The same guy in another 
>band got bent out of shape when he missed the lead alto 
>part on In the Mood and I played it.  Some of these guys 
>go to great lengths to protect their turf or to play 
>solos.  I think it's funny (strange) when guys do that 
>stuff.
> 
> Larry
> St. Louis
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