[Dixielandjazz] Jazz in Schools

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

I truly think its got
> to be easier to play bad bop than bad  trad.

You have hit on something I have been saying for years and that is only a 
few people have actually pulled off bop that made any sense.  The thousands 
of imitators merely add to the noise with poorly done solos that usually 
consist of as many bursts of notes as can be squeezed into a measure.  If 
you say it's crap they come back with the musical snobs answer: "you just 
don't understand".  Well actually I do understand and they are playing crap.

Did anyone sponsor the group's performance?  Many groups rent that hall (the 
Sheldon)  Depending on the day of the week the cost is about $1500 so you 
need about 100 paying customers at $15.  The last time I played there in a 
pretty good musical review the guy that was putting it on lost his ass.  The 
Sheldon's policy is: if you got the money honey I got the time.  The only 
thing that you need is the desire to play there and enough advertising to 
bring in paying customers.  Not an easy thing.  I hope they made lots of 
bucks but by the time you pay the musicians and advertising you need a 50% 
crowd or more just to break even.
Larry
St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Gluetje1 at aol.com>
To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Jazz in Schools


>
> Snip
> In a message dated 10/2/2007 12:10:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> barbonestreet at earthlink.net writes:
>
>
> Just  a few examples of what can be done if we have the will to do  it.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
> _http://www.westendword.com/moxie/ae/music/jazz-at-the-bistro-become.shtml_
> (http://www.westendword.com/moxie/ae/music/jazz-at-the-bistro-become.shtml)
>
>
>
>
>
> If "Jazz at the Bistro", now Jazz St. Louis ever hosted a traditional  or
> Dixieland group, or even considered such as "jazz", I am not aware of  it.
> Sunday, Sept. 23 went to The Sheldon, our best acoustic venue to hear 
> Jean
> Kittrell and The Riverman.  Listening to Noel Kaletsky, Red Lehr,  Steve 
> Lilley, Jim
> Maihack, Bobby Grimm play extended imaginative lines and  thinking, "If 
> more
> early-style jazzers had been this inventive and imaginative,  we would 
> maybe
> not have to put up with so much boring, unmemorable  bop.  I truly think 
> its got
> to be easier to play bad bop than bad  trad.
> Ginny
>
>
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