[Dixielandjazz] Creole Xmas at Preservation Hall - Creole not Dixieland

[Marek Boym]

Dear Nancy,
Granted it was "Creole Christmas," but I still hated the music!
I agree re. Sarpila.  A great clarinet player!
Cheers

On 06/01/2008, Nancy Giffin <NANCYink at surewest.net> wrote:
> Dear Marek, Tito, Bob, and list mates,
>
> In all fairness, note the title of that YouTube clip was
> "Creole Christmas at Preservation Hall."
> There would have been an entirely different lineup of NOLA musicians if it
> had instead been called a "Dixieland Christmas."
> (Perhaps Creoles would say it wasn't really Creole either???)
> Did we get all the names? I know there was Tom Fischer on cl, Big Al Carson
> on voc, Mark Braud on tpt, and Jesse Boyd on b. ?Piano, drums, trombone?
>
> Tito, I've had the pleasure of meeting you and hearing your music,
> so (in addition to the musicians you named), I think you would enjoy the
> music of a reed player from Finland named Antti Sarpila. He is 43 years old
> and has studied with Bob Wilber. Although he leads a swing band in Finland,
> his tone and style while playing trad. jazz on the sop. sax are reminiscent
> of Sidney Bechet. Here in CA, Jeff Beaumont also brings Bechet to mind.
>
> And even if the "Creole Christmas" is not the finest example of Tom
> Fischer's clarinet work, I think he is one of the better reed players in the
> U.S. today. He plays from the heart.
>
> Love and hugs,
> Nancy
>
> Re: Creole Xmas at Preservation Hall,
> "Marek Boym" <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm with Tito all the way!
> Cheers,
> Marek
>
> On 03/01/2008, Tito Martino <tmartino at terra.com.br> wrote:
> > Bob Romans asks:
> > I'm interested in comments about this presentation from my Listmates...
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9zpJmhEZII&feature=related
> >
> > Warm regards,
> > Bob Romans,
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > 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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