[Dixielandjazz] Jazz in other cities

Tue May 8 08:14:44 PDT 2007

Dear Kay (from another member of the clan Spencer!)

Something I write for a book yet to be completed.

Considering its migratory history, it is natural to consider jazz from a 
geographical standpoint. A pioneer narrative work is Jazz City. The Impact 
of Our Cities on the Development of Jazz (Leroy Ostransky, Prentice Hall, 
1978) which discloses the evolution of jazz in New Orleans, Chicago, Kansas 
City, and New York. In addition, these regional, narrative jazz volumes have 
been published: Swing City. Newark Night Life 1925-1950 (Barbara J. Kukla, 
Temple University Press, 1991); Cleveland Jazz History (Joe Mossbrook, 
Northeast Ohio Jazz Society, 2003); An Autobiography of Black Jazz [Chicago] 
(J. Travis Dempsey, Urban Research Institute,1983); Chicago Jazz, A Cultural 
History. 1904-1930 (William Howland Kenney, Oxford University Press,1994); 
That Toddlin' Town: Chicago's White Dance Bands and Orchestras, 1900-1950 
(Charles A. Sengstock, Jr., University of Illinois Press, 2004); The Velvet 
Lounge: On Late Chicago Jazz (Gerald Majer, Columbia University Press, 2005; 
Before Motown: A History of Jazz in Detroit, 1920-1960 (Lars Bjorn and Jim 
Allert,University of Michigan Press, 2001);The Jazz State of Indiana (Duncan 
Schiedt, reprinted by Indiana Historical Society, 1999); Sites and Sounds of 
Savannah Jazz (Jukius Hornstein, Gaston Street Press, 1994); West Coast 
Jazz. Modern Jazz in California. 1945-1960 (Ted Gioia, University of 
California Press, 1998); Central Avenue Sounds. Jazz in Los Angeles (Clora 
Bryant et al, ed, University of California Press,1999); The Dark Tree: Jazz 
and the Community Arts in Los Angeles (Steve Isoardi, University of 
California Press, 2006); Jazz on the Barbary Coast (Tom Stoddard, reprinted 
by Heyday Press,1998); Emperor Norton's Hunch (John Buchanan, Hambledon 
Productions, 1996); Harlem of the West. Fillmore Jazz Era (Elizabeth Pepin 
and Lewis Watts, Chronicle Books,2006) [all three San Francisco];. Jump 
Town: The Golden Years of Portland Jazz. 1942-1957 (Robert Dietsche, Oregon 
State University Press, 2005); Jackson Street After Hours. The Roots of Jazz 
in Seattle (Paul de Barros and Paul De Barros, Sasquatch Books, 1993);Texan 
Jazz (Dave Oliphant, University of Texas Press, 1996); Singing Cowboys and 
all That Jazz. A Short History of Popular Music in Oklahoma (William W. 
Savage, Jr., University of Oklahoma Press,1983); The Jazz of The Southwest. 
An Oral History of Western Swing (Jean A. Boyd, University of Texas Press, 
1998).

Cheers. Fred

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kay Spencer" <kay2840 at yahoo.com>
To: <drjz at bealenet.com>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Jazz in other cities

> Marek,
>
>  Check out the following website:
>
>  http://www.jazzinamerica.org/home.asp
>
>  by the Thelonius Monk Institute  ...look under "Resources"  and then 
> "Style Sheets"
>
>  Kay in Gilroy CA
>
>
>
> Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:
>  After all these years, I still do not know what "straight ahead jazz"
> is. In 1996 I phoned a club advertised in the Mississippi Rag to ask
> what kind of jazz they featured that night. The answer was "straight
> ahead jazz." I didn't go.
>
> An example of a musician who plays taht "Straight ahead," please.
>
>
> Chhers,
> Marek
> On 02/05/07, rahberry at comcast.net wrote:
>> Here's an idea of what's happening on the West Coast......
>>
>> www.montereyhotjazzsociety.org/TrailGuide.html/
>>
>> -- Rae Ann
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>> From: Jerry Gordon
>> > And there's a fair amount of jazz in NY's Capital District, too. See
>> > http://tinyurl.com/awrbj.
>> >
>> > Only a little Dixieland, mostly with Skip Parsons' Riverboat Jazz Band
>> > (this is Skip's 50th year as a professional musician), but even the
>> > younger guys are playing a lot of what I would call "straight-ahead" or
>> > "mainstream" jazz - the good stuff, not the
>> > fusion-bop-acidjazz-screechy-doesn'tswing stuff.
>> >
>> > Jerry Gordon, Troy, NY - Webmaster for
>> > http://APlaceForJazz.org http://SwingtimeJazz.org
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, 02 May 2007 10:21:39 -0400 Steve Barbone
>> > writes:
>> > > Is Jazz is Dead in the USA? For a look at the very busy jazz calendar
>> > > in
>> > > Minneapolis/St Paul, see below.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Even some Dixieland there with the Barbary Coast JB, one of the
>> > > busiest in
>> > > the US. And note the School Jazz Bands listed. Hmmm. They must still
>> > > teach
>> > > music in Minnesota.
>> > >
>> > > Cheers,
>> > > Steve Barbone
>> >
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