[Dixielandjazz] Jazz Educators

[PHIL WILKING]

And in the really "old days," parading musicians would have young boys 
carrying their instrument cases alongside the parade in exchange for a music 
lesson or just out of hero worship. The "second line."

Try to get a neighborhood parade organized now. You need a wheelbarrow full 
of money just for the permits (including bribes to the permit writing 
officials).

And when is the last time a side musician in a band had a student on the 
stand with him to learn how the real world works? That's what my teacher did 
for me - the leader trusted him (and me) to give me good instructions and to 
keep me out of the way of the real members of the band.

Phil Wilking

Those who would exchange freedom for
security deserve neither freedom nor security.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis" <larrys.bands at charter.net>

> I don't think that there was something magic in the water that produced 
> these guys.  I think it was gigs.  You learn your craft by doing it. 
> Almost no one wants to sit in a room and practice.  In the 1950's there 
> were a lot of gigs and the restrictions on kids playing where there was 
> alcohol was very relaxed.
>