[Dixielandjazz] Creole Xmas at Preservation Hall

[Marek Boym]

I'm with Tito all the way!
Cheers,
Marek

On 03/01/2008, Tito Martino <tmartino at terra.com.br> wrote:
> Bob Romans asks:
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> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:14:45 -0800
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Creole Christmas at Preservation Hall
> To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
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> I'm interested in comments about this presentation from my Listmates...
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9zpJmhEZII&feature=related
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> Warm regards,
> Bob Romans,
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> Well, Bob, what can I say....
> That is not the Preservation Hall that I knew and certainly if it sticks
> to this trend, is not anymore the place for hearing Traditional Jazz...
> Attention ! I am NOT against what is being played in that clip, and I am
> not against ANY type or style of music.
> I simply don´t identify myself with this kind of popularized New Orleans
> music, I even don't call it "JAZZ", because
> it misses strongly most of the original musical roots, misses the sacred
> fire and misses the grandeur of the Preservation Hall Bands
> with Louis Nelson, Sweet Emma, George Lewis, Sammy Penn, Jim Robinson,
> need I say more?!  They are all gone, I know,
> but we can find in the entire world dozens of Traditional Jazz Bands
> with younger jazzmen playing well in the "old" style, not a copy attention!,
> they just use the form and the musical syntax to re-create their own
> Jazz. (Take f/ex. Evan Christopher, Dr. White, Don Vappie, and the Gota
> River Jazz Band in Sweden, the Bogalusa New Orleans Jazzband in
> Switzerland, the Rascals in Japan!   etc. etc.).
> I can listen to that video clip, but with a certain sadness and regret
> considering how musically poor and bare in imagination it seems,
> compared to the "originals" of 60's and 70's !
> Certainly the economical situation in NO is rude and hard, the musicians
> at hand have to play,
> that's the reason I accept and endorse /socially/ this trend, but
> musically...   let's hope for something better!
> That's my feeling.
> cheers
> Tito Martino
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