[Dixielandjazz] Early Jazz Bands - Was Myth Busters

[Steve Barbone]

Marek Boym at marekboym at gmail.com wrote:

> "Coltrane or Rouse...
> Avant garde and modal jazz today are also, in many instances, mostly
> non-reading performances.
>> 
> Yeah, I know, folks may not like the styles, but then, that's jazz."

> Dentist drill music?
 
>> Steve Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Here's a fun quote about some of those early bands before jazz became art
>> music. <grin>
>> 
>> start snip
>> 
>> "By the time the ODJB got back to New York in July of 1920, they found the
>> city filled with noisy imitators: . . . snip to:

>>"For most of these groups melody - and music - were less important than
>> noise and novelty. The message they seemed to want to convey, Ralph Berton,
>> younger brother of drummer Vic Berton remembered was, 'Lets get loaded and
>> see how nutty we can sound.'

>> remainder snipped

Yep Marek, dentist drill music. Same as the above described jazz was to most
people back in 1920. So what's new? <grin>

Cheers,
Steve Barbone