[Dixielandjazz] Dixielandjazz Digest, Vol 62, Issue 8 Playing on a cruise.
Jack Vincken
climax at idirect.com
Mon Feb 4 16:38:51 PST 2008
Gary Kiser wrote, you should have been lighter on the calamari, lobster and
prime rib.
I was already doing that Gary, my wife was watching what I was eating, I am
suppose
to loose weight.
The problem was, three times I had to get up to play when the desert just
arrived.
But then, you can always check out the midnight buffet.
Cheers Gary
Jack Vincken, Climax Jazz Band.
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> 1. Pay in different areas (Jim Kashishian)
> 2. Re: Dixieland For Children (Jim Kashishian)
> 3. Re: Playing for free? (Ministry of Jazz)
> 4. Charity gigs (Jim Kashishian)
> 5. Re: Playing for free? TRY III (Gary Kiser)
> 6. Gigging in Australia was It's a small world (Stephen G Barbone)
> 7. Not Dixie... (Jim Kashishian)
> 8. Re: Gigging in Australia was It's a small world (Gluetje1 at aol.com)
> 9. Re: Gigging in Australia was It's a small world (Gary Kiser)
> 10. Re: Gigging in Australia was It's a small world
> (barbonestreet at earthlink.net)
> 11. Re: Gigging in Australia was It's a small world
> (barbonestreet at earthlink.net)
> 12. Re: Gigging in Australia was It's a small world (Gluetje1 at aol.com)
> 13. Playing on a cruise (Jack Vincken)
> 14. Marsalis on Music (Gary Kiser)
> 15. Re: Playing on a cruise (Gary Kiser)
> 16. Handel's Hallelujah Chorus (Mike Woitowicz)
>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 10:54:23 +0100
> From: "Jim Kashishian" <jim at kashprod.com>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Pay in different areas
> To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
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>>What's the pay climate like in other areas outside the US?
> Mike
>
> Mike, I have often said that you can't compare pay scales between areas
> due
> to the fact that living expenses will most likely be very, very different.
>
> I will go as far to say, though, that we get a heck of a lot more than
> people gigging locally in the US on a whole (at least, from what I've
> heard!). But, then, the joints we play at have lines outside the doors to
> get in. Madrid is a "nite town", and there are traffic jams of crowds of
> people on the pedestrian streets way up to 5 & 6am in the center of town!!
> So, if the clubs make good money, it is only sensible that band rates are
> going to be higher.
>
> The concerts are normally City Hall sponsored Cultural programs with big
> budgets they have to spend or lose. And, the businesses that hire bands
> for
> company dinners, etc., are accustomed to paying big bucks, 'cause the name
> singers & pop bands have kept the prices up there (& we get to enjoy
> them!).
> Weddings, if they have a band means the folks have money, so the price is
> up, also.
>
> Then again, I'm talking about a band with basically the same line-up over
> a
> period of 40 yrs., not a band that gets available people from a list when
> a
> gig comes up. The name does have its value!
>
> Jim (Madrid, Spain)
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 11:05:21 +0100
> From: "Jim Kashishian" <jim at kashprod.com>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Dixieland For Children
> To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
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> Steve wrote:
>>Louisiana children's author and musician Johnette Downing has just
>>released
> a new CD titled Dixieland Jazz for Children that's available locally but
> will hit stores nationwide in May.
> "It is the first Dixieland jazz CD for children which is kind of
> cool..........
>
> Partly true...and, most likely true in the U.S. However, two years ago a
> six volume (meaning 6 school books & 6 CD's) were put out in the five
> languages spoken in Spain (Hah, that's something a lot of you didn't
> know!!)featuring yours truly & the Canal Street Jazz Band published by
> Pearson Education Publishers.
>
> I tried to convince the publishers at the time of printing to sponsor
> school
> concerts by the band to boost their sales, but my ideas never reached the
> right people 'cause it never happened. Would have been fun, and would
> have
> been profitable!
>
> Jim
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 11:52:05 +0200
> From: "Ministry of Jazz" <jazzmin at actcom.net.il>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Playing for free?
> To: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
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> Shalom Jazz Fans,
>
> As many of you realize, I have an odd situation over here in Israel. My
> band
> has too many occasions to play for rocket attacks, suicide bombings, rock
> throwing parties, and other such events where the victims appreciate some
> morale building after, or in some cases, between, the attacks. We've also
> done some entertaining for people in shelters during last summer's war
> with
> Hizbullah in Lebanon. I don't think many listmates would argue with us for
> doing gigs like this for free when the need and opportunity present
> themselves. However, we have found an approach even to this kind of "gig"
> that can be win-win for everyone concerned. We have found a number of
> people
> or organizations who are willing to sponsor these "mitzvah" gigs, as we
> call
> them. Sponsors have donated $500 or $500 Euro on a number of occasions to
> cover us for such outings. For this money I have been able to bring myself
> and 2 other professional quality musicians, a clown or juggler, and a
> photographer. The donation covers gas, lunch and drinks for everyone, and
> reasonable pay. The target (you should pardon the expression!) audience
> gets
> various kinds of shows, depending on the circumstances. The entertainers
> spend much of the donated money buying groceries or other items from local
> merchants, helping out the struggling businesses in a small way. We buy
> gas
> at a local gas station. And we eat in local restaurants. We tell everyone
> along the way that our appearance is paid for by people abroad who care
> about them enough to send such a gift. So these sponsored gigs get a lot
> of
> bang (you should pardon the expression) for the buck. The sponsor gets a
> written account of the gig with pictures and video, and we try to arrange
> for a personal letter of appreciation from the recipient town or
> organization. So there can be ways to do a good thing with our music
> without
> doing it entirely for free.
>
> Regarding the general question of gigging for free or cheap, seems to me
> there are all kinds of gigs and all kinds of bands. A band such as Steve
> Barbone's made up of professional working musicians ought to get
> professional pay and command serious gigs. I agree with Steve that hobby
> bands or amateurs or beginning bands ought not to undercut the pros by
> seeking to book corporate or municipal gigs or the Red Sea Jazz Festival
> for
> a fraction of the value of the gig. Wiggins and Co. had over 3,000
> customers
> paying about $50 a head at each of those shows. I was there. They were
> worth
> every penny the Festival paid for their performances. Should I have called
> the organizers and offered Doctor Jazz for $200 per player plus expenses
> and
> travel from Jerusalem? Good terms for us, and great "exposure", but highly
> unprofessional and unethical, no? The gig was worth much much more than
> that, and though it might have been good for us, it would have hurt the
> audience and any professional bands out there who have the stature for
> that
> kind of gig. We're not there yet. Oh yes, we'd have entertained the
> audience, but we lack the power of Wiggins' crew.
>
> On the other hand, while I am trying to make a living at this, some of my
> players are young grad students just starting their families and careers,
> and just beginning to reach the threshold of professional quality in their
> playing. Most of our gigs are private parties, for which we get quite
> reasonable pay by Israeli standards, but hardly big bucks. We get the
> occasional wedding, or corporate or university or municipal gig that pays
> more, and we charge more for those (they're also more work and more
> pressure). We have learned the hard way not to undersell ourselves, and we
> don't do that anymore. But we're not above working with customers to make
> a
> gig work for them as well as for us. It's a different world here. There
> are
> lots of struggling people who would also like to have nice weddings and
> bar
> mitzvahs, and we are willing to try to accommodate them if we can at all
> reach reasonable terms. Sometimes it means playing with fewer performers.
> That also works.
>
> Judy Garland has a line in the film biography of Jerome Kern ("Til Clouds
> Roll By") that I think says it all. After she runs away from New York on
> an
> ego trip, Kern finds Garland's character singing and dancing in a modest
> club in Memphis. She tells him, "I'm making $50 a week because the owner
> thinks I'm worth $50 a week; when I'm worth more, I'll make more." We
> need
> to know not only how much we can charge, but how much our performance is
> worth.
>
> Well, as usual, my 2 shekels' worth.
>
> Elazar
> Doctor Jazz Dixieland Band
> Tekiya Brass Ensemble
> Jerusalem, Israel
> www.israel.net/ministry-of-jazz
> +972-2-679-2537
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 12:46:49 +0100
> From: "Jim Kashishian" <jim at kashprod.com>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Charity gigs
> To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
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>
> Important thing to know about charity gigs is...is anyone getting paid?
> "Oh, the guys that put up the stage got paid?" "Oops, the sound guys got
> paid!" "Oh, my, yes we did have to pay to rent a piano!" Then, by golly,
> the band should be paid!!
>
> I have played charities where the big name singer gave his time free, but
> the working musicians got paid. The big name guy goes on tv & talks about
> his charity gig. Guess who gets the promotional benefits? Certainly not
> the backing musicians.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:56:31 +0100
> From: Gary Kiser <gary at kiser.org>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Playing for free? TRY III
> To: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
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> No Bill, you weren't playing for free. But, your rewards weren't
> monetary. Sac ? Pulses, which has healthy price tag, plays one or two
> freebees for the two children's medical centers here. Actually, these
> gigs are hard to do as many of the kids are terminal.
>
> On another note, yes, we are pricey just by ourselves. But, when one of
> the agents that sells us sells us, they get, at least, 20% more. And,
> when an agent is contracted by one of the convention centers, the
> convention center is going to tack on its cut. I know we have cost many
> clients close of 5000?. Unfortunately, we got less than half.
>
> All the best, Gary
>
>
>
> Bill Hildebrandt wrote:
>> In order to raise money to help preserve a tract of 425 acres of hilly
>> forest land with miles of hiking trails, and sitting over our town's
>> major aquifer, from being stripped and built up with mc-mansions, we
>> donated 2 one hour musical programs to be auctioned off at a fund
>> raising auction. The gigs went for $400 and $500. I suppose this could
>> be construed as "playing for free" or you could look at it as if the
>> highest bidders paid us and we donated the fee to the cause. Whatever,
>> we paid for free.
>> BTW, we raised the money, the land is preserved and can never be
>> developed.
>> ...Bill Hildebrandt, leader, head* arranger, banjo, vocals, and kazoo
>> The New Farmington River Royal Ragtime Ramblers (banjo, washboard,
>> trombone, washboard, kazoo, and clarinet [when we can get one])
>> West Simsbury, CT
>> * no charts, all head arrangements.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 09:20:22 -0500
> From: Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Gigging in Australia was It's a small world
> To: DJML <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Message-ID: <D766F751-A286-4707-A87A-2B69D8B7393D at earthlink.net>
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> Hey Ross & Bill:
>
> I didn't give up that lead easily. I was going to do the gig Free if
> the client would pay the airfare for the band from Philadelphia to
> Melbourne. I figured you mates in OZ would put us up Free and so it
> would be a great vacation. Unfortunately the sidemen refused to give
> up a weeks worth of paying gigs here in the land of the big PX. <grin>
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 15:21:27 +0100
> From: "Jim Kashishian" <jim at kashprod.com>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Not Dixie...
> To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Message-ID: <001101c86739$3b200490$2301a8c0 at JIM>
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>
> I've just heard that a recording I worked on recently (engineering) has
> been
> voted amongst the top best ten recordings "in the world" in Germany. The
> music is by the Spanish composer Don Juan Oliver Astorga (1733-1830).
>
> The recording involved various period flutes, violins, guitar, organ, bass
> &
> percussion, mostly instruments from that period...and, many having been
> restored by the producer I work with. Accompaning the CD is a 130 page
> booklet covering all the history of the life of the composer, his music &
> instruments (in Spanish only). This is the 3rd time we (the producer &
> myself) have been awarded a similar honor.
>
> http://semanasantamurcia.mforos.com/61474/5146690-musica-en-la-semana-santa-
> de-murcia-ii/?pag=6 more info, but in Spanish only.
>
> Just to let you all know I'm not "whistling Dixie" all day! :>
>
> Jim
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 09:35:22 EST
> From: Gluetje1 at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Gigging in Australia was It's a small
> world
> To: barbonestreet at earthlink.net
> Cc: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> Message-ID: <c4e.28c9b494.34d87caa at aol.com>
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>
>
> Good Morning Steve,
> Now you're catching on! There is hope for you after all. LOL. By the
> way,
> I know at least some of the JazzSea bands have not done the cruise
> "vacations" when gigs were the better offer.
> Ginny
>
> In a message dated 2/4/2008 8:22:09 A.M. Central Standard Time,
> barbonestreet at earthlink.net writes:
>
> Hey Ross & Bill:
>
> I didn't give up that lead easily. I was going to do the gig Free if
> the client would pay the airfare for the band from Philadelphia to
> Melbourne. I figured you mates in OZ would put us up Free and so it
> would be a great vacation. Unfortunately the sidemen refused to give
> up a weeks worth of paying gigs here in the land of the big PX. <grin>
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:56:23 +0100
> From: Gary Kiser <gary at kiser.org>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Gigging in Australia was It's a small
> world
> To: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Message-ID: <47A72797.2040005 at kiser.org>
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>
> Steve,
>
> WAIT!!! HOLD THE PHONE!!! Drinks are no longer free on a lot of
> international flights. So, the client needs to pony up for
> international airfare and a good drink allowance. You are right, the
> cats down under would probably put you up with lots of watery beer in
> the fridge.
>
> All the best, Gary
>
>
>
> Stephen G Barbone wrote:
>> Hey Ross & Bill:
>>
>> I didn't give up that lead easily. I was going to do the gig Free if
>> the client would pay the airfare for the band from Philadelphia to
>> Melbourne. I figured you mates in OZ would put us up Free and so it
>> would be a great vacation. Unfortunately the sidemen refused to give
>> up a weeks worth of paying gigs here in the land of the big PX. <grin>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Steve Barbone
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 10:54:43 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
> From: barbonestreet at earthlink.net
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Gigging in Australia was It's a small
> world
> To: Gluetje1 at aol.com
> Cc: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> Message-ID:
> <17679171.1202140484078.JavaMail.root at elwamui-darkeyed.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
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> Gluetje1 at aol.com wrote:
>
>>Good Morning Steve,
>>Now you're catching on! There is hope for you after all. LOL. By the
>>way,
>>I know at least some of the JazzSea bands have not done the cruise
>>"vacations" when gigs were the better offer.
>>Ginny
>
> Hi Ginny:
>
> Yes, there's even hope for me. We are all sinners. Like anything else,
> there are no absolutes. Barbone Street does free gigs for legitimate
> charities every year, in hospitals and charity wards etc. Those where the
> people are down and out and there is no budget for entertainment.
>
> But we make sure that we get paid fairly when there is money available.
> Cruises fit that money available category and it is a shame that bands do
> not negotiate to get some, even if only to pay for a bottle of wine with
> dinner, or a drink, or the mandatory crew tip all of which are not
> included in the room and board. Easily done if only the cruise operator
> would charge another $12 to $20 dollars per person to cover the band pay.
> Or agree to take a little less net and keep pricing the same.
>
> Where there is a will, there is a way.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 11
> Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 10:55:03 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
> From: barbonestreet at earthlink.net
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Gigging in Australia was It's a small
> world
> To: Gluetje1 at aol.com
> Cc: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> Message-ID:
> <17476488.1202140504062.JavaMail.root at elwamui-darkeyed.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> Gluetje1 at aol.com wrote:
>
>>Good Morning Steve,
>>Now you're catching on! There is hope for you after all. LOL. By the
>>way,
>>I know at least some of the JazzSea bands have not done the cruise
>>"vacations" when gigs were the better offer.
>>Ginny
>
> Hi Ginny:
>
> Yes, there's even hope for me. We are all sinners. Like anything else,
> there are no absolutes. Barbone Street does free gigs for legitimate
> charities every year, in hospitals and charity wards etc. Those where the
> people are down and out and there is no budget for entertainment.
>
> But we make sure that we get paid fairly when there is money available.
> Cruises fit that money available category and it is a shame that bands do
> not negotiate to get some, even if only to pay for a bottle of wine with
> dinner, or a drink, or the mandatory crew tip all of which are not
> included in the room and board. Easily done if only the cruise operator
> would charge another $12 to $20 dollars per person to cover the band pay.
> Or agree to take a little less net and keep pricing the same.
>
> Where there is a will, there is a way.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 12
> Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 11:27:21 EST
> From: Gluetje1 at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Gigging in Australia was It's a small
> world
> To: Barbonestreet at earthlink.net
> Cc: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> Message-ID: <cf4.206c66bb.34d896e9 at aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
>
>
> And those who do the cruise to hear the bands might pay it. Those who go
> to
> be a Jammer or a banjo player (and pay to take spouses/partners) might or
> might not. I think, but don't know, that these cruises started via bands
> recruiting their own fans. I'm more sure that the growth percentage has
> been in
> the Jammers and banjoists. (Six or so years ago there were 12
> Jammers--this
> year 100. The Tim Allan banjo aspect is, I think, about four years old.
> I
> don't know the exact number--your number was 40. There is a stage full
> playing
> the main showroom show. Some do banjo with both Tim & Jammers--some
> choose
> only one. Folks that want to can just take whatever instrument they want
> and
> create their own playing opportunities within parameters of bothering
> other
> passengers.) SO, I suspect that someone even more clever could put
> together
> a cruise offer that would have lots of takers without bringing any bands
> IF
> buyers knew they were not paying TOO much more than cruise would cost
> anyway.
> These cruises as might be expected attract an older crowd who have done
> many
> cruises. They are relatively sophisticated cruise shoppers and
> comparers.
>
> I have not ever polled the passengers to see who got what "perks", such as
> bottle of wine, corkscrews, travel bags, umbrellas, a party invitation,
> etc.
> But there are "extras" Nor have I compared what the bands get in the way
> of
> perks, quality of rooms, etc. compared to what the passengers get. I
> just
> know we had a room with balcony on an upper deck and I saw plenty of band
> members staying on that deck.
>
> Anyhow, I know I'm missing plenty of facts in this discussion. In my
> year
> or two of following this list, I don't recall anyone else getting the
> last
> word in a discussion with you. So I'm not planning to either. I'm just
> hoping
> I now can stop myself. :?)
> Ginny
>
> In a message dated 2/4/2008 9:55:12 A.M. Central Standard Time,
> barbonestreet at earthlink.net writes:
>
> But we make sure that we get paid fairly when there is money available.
> Cruises fit that money available category and it is a shame that bands do
> not
> negotiate to get some, even if only to pay for a bottle of wine with
> dinner, or
> a drink, or the mandatory crew tip all of which are not included in the
> room
> and board. Easily done if only the cruise operator would charge another
> $12
> to $20 dollars per person to cover the band pay. Or agree to take a
> little
> less net and keep pricing the same.
>
> Where there is a will, there is a way.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music.
> (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025
> 48)
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 13
> Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 11:49:57 -0500
> From: "Jack Vincken" <climax at idirect.com>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Playing on a cruise
> To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
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> Here is my bit about playing on a cruise. I have been doing this with the
> Climax Jazz Band for many years and most of them with JazzSea Cruises. I
> have always enjoyed every cruise and must say that my wife and I always
> had the best treatment you can think of. We always get outside cabins and
> some times an upgrade. As far as the ship is concerned, we are normal
> passengers. When the ship is in port, we go ashore like everyone else .
> The only complain I have is that sometimes I can't finish my desert. Big
> Deal.
> Jack Vincken
> Climax Jazz Band. Toronto
>
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> Message: 14
> Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:39:13 +0100
> From: Gary Kiser <gary at kiser.org>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Marsalis on Music
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> Hi all,
>
> I am on the hunt for a DVD of the PBS series "Marsalis on Music." Our
> trombonist's wife wants it for Pierre's upcoming birthday. I found it
> on Amazon, but is says it is coded zone 1 (North America).
> http://www.amazon.com/Marsalis-Music-Wynton/dp/B000YYAT1W/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1202144830&sr=8-1
> It surprises me that this type of DVD is coded at all. Does anyone have
> this DVD and can you verify if it is really coded?
>
> All the best, Gary
>
>
> PS: I found the following clips on YouTube
>
> Marsalis on Music - part I
> http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=QQaASwkqi9E
>
> Marsalis on Music - part II
> http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=filRZfe3AjM
>
> Marsalis on Music - part III
> http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=aUr_F2VXx0Q
>
> Marsalis on Music - part IV
> http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=lRzGX_Fd3FI
>
> Marsalis on Music - part V
> http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=DLn3sd-rHQ8
>
> Marsalis on Music - part VI
> http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=QrHl-Oadyts
>
> Marsalis on Music - part VII
> http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=NiUjc_2PAsE
>
> Marsalis on Music - part VIII
> http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=Yvs3J1cmnWQ
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 15
> Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:18:13 +0100
> From: Gary Kiser <gary at kiser.org>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Playing on a cruise
> To: DJML <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
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> Jack Vincken wrote:
>> The only complain I have is that sometimes I can't finish my desert.
> Sounds to me like you should go lighter on the calamari, lobster and
> prime rib.
>
> All the best, Gary
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 16
> Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 13:50:40 -0600
> From: "Mike Woitowicz" <banjomusic at charter.net>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Handel's Hallelujah Chorus
> To: "Dixieland Jazz" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
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> Not strictly OKOM, but fun nevertheless.
>
> http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=D09DCZryG2U
>
> Obligatory OKOM: These "gals" really "Swing That Music."
>
>
>
> Mike Woitowicz
> The Banjo Barons Ragtime Band
> The Dixie Barons Dixieland Band
> www.banjomusic.biz
>
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