[Dixielandjazz] Jazz Educators

[Marek Boym]

"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? "
Avraham Felder of our Isradixie Band, and a jazz educator, does this
all the time (which does not mean everytime his band's playing).
He also organizes gigs for the bands he coaches.
Cheers

On 24/04/2008, PHIL WILKING <philwilking at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 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.
> >
> >
>
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