[Dixielandjazz] Jazz Educators

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

Now lets talk about the really, really old days.  My first teacher emigrated 
from Italy some time around 1910.  He hand been apprenticed to a musician as 
a boy.  He had to do all manner of things for the musician including 
carrying his cases, luggage and clean his house much like a servant.  He had 
to attend all rehearsals and performances.  In return the musician gave him 
music lessons and some basic education.

It must have worked because he played with the St. Louis Symphony for many 
years.  He ended up with a teaching degree just about the time he retired.
Larry
STL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "PHIL WILKING" <philwilking at bellsouth.net>
To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Jazz Educators


> 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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