[Dixielandjazz] Jazz in other cities

Fred Spencer drjz at bealenet.com
Tue May 8 21:12:27 PDT 2007


Mea culpa-I omitted these locations that have separate entries-

Atlantic Ocean, Hawaii, Kansas City, Mississippi River, Monterey, New 
Orleans, Newport, New York City, Paris, France ( the most interesting), 
Sacramento. Any more, please? Cheers.

Fred

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Spencer" <drjz at bealenet.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Jazz in other cities


> 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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