[Dixielandjazz] SxSW

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

Occasionally Ginny plays guitar.  She has a special 4 string Arch Top.  It 
sounds good for some tunes and is a beautiful instrument.
Larry
St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 3:33 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] SxSW


> Dan Augustine <ds.augustine at mail.utexas.edu> wrete
>
>> Where is the music going?  Nowhere near OKOM.
>> Here's the list of performers who won at the Austin Music Awards
>> (http://www.austin360.com/calendar/content/events/stories/2007/03/15awardwinne
>> rs.html).
>> Note that the winner under Jazz was Blaze (who/whatever that is) and
>> that the closest any group came to OKOM is under Novelty, with the
>> White Ghost Shivers (http://www.whiteghostshivers.com/ ) winning
>> (actually, somewhat of an achievement even in that category).
>> As a friend of mine explained, all of these bands and categories
>> carry the invisible label of "guitar-based".  Thus the answer is
>> clear: play an electric guitar (and maybe also for good measure, an
>> electric bass) in your OKOM band, even to get noticed by anyone in
>> this crowd.  Y'all also need to let your hair (if you have any left)
>> grow, or maybe comb your eyebrows up over your bald head . . .
>
> Well at last there is some jazz at SxSW. Check out this group, currently
> based in Kobe Japan, with some players originally from China. Maybe not
> OKOM, but jazz per the current definitions. You can listen at: (click
> "stream")
>
> http://2007.sxsw.com/music/showcases/band/38612.html
>
> OR this jazz group from Austin Texas:
>
> http://2007.sxsw.com/music/showcases/band/40951.html
>
> There is more jazz there, but one must search for it. :-) VBG.
>
> BTW, electric guitar in a Dixieland Band is not a bad thing. We do it and 
> it
> works, witness the Wedding lead for a "foot stomping jazz band" just 
> passed
> on to New Orleans Band Leaders. Kenny Davern used one almost exclusively
> during the last decade of his life. Note the recent Arbors CD he made as a
> sideman with Randy Reinhart fronting. Swings its ass off with Kenny's 
> rhythm
> section. Not many small OKOM bands in the world are that good.
>
> Perhaps we oldsters need not have any hair, but rather have, besides  an
> awareness of what the past years of steady development have brought in 
> jazz,
> an awareness of the contemporary scene with all its shadings of feeling.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
>
>
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