[Dixielandjazz] Edinburgh Jazz Festival

[Ken Mathieson]

Hi Marek et al,

Yes, Bev's still with the Dips and yes I'm sure it should be the Spirits of 
Rhythm, or the Spurts of Rum, as they're known locally. There are some fine 
OKOM players around too, like Bob Barnard, Jon-Erik Kellso, Randy Reinhart, 
Duke Heitger, Evan Christopher, Swedish Jazz Kings, Manhattan Ragtime Orch, 
Morten Gunnar Larsen, Chris Barber etc, etc, not to mention singers like 
Topsy Chapman, and  Rebecca Kilgore.

Alongside the traditional/mainstream festival run by Mike Hart, there used 
to be a modern festival run separately by Assembly Direct. Funding problems 
years back resulted in the two being merged, hence the appearance of more 
modern stuff under the EIJF banner in recent years. However, I think there 
is probably more of jazz's earlier styles in this year's festival than has 
been the case in recent years.

Regards,

Ken Mathieson

www.classicjazzorchestra.org.uk


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marek Boym" <marekboym at gmail.com>
To: "Ken Mathieson" <ken at kenmath.free-online.co.uk>; 
<Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 10:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Edinburgh Jazz Festival


> Even though it's a pity to miss Tomasso, the Diplomats of Jazz (one of
> my favourites - does Beverly still play with them?) or Bill Allred,
> and some other good bands (The Spirit of Rhythm, for example - I'm
> almost sure it used to be Spirits - or you), there isn't all that much
> OKOM!  It was different in the 1980's, but those daus are gone!
> Cheers
>
> On 21/07/2008, Ken Mathieson <ken at kenmath.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> For those of you interested in the annual Edinburgh bash, here's the link 
>> to the programme:
>> http://www.edinburghjazzfestival.co.uk/
>>
>> If any of you are likely to be in town, my band (Classic Jazz Orchestra) 
>> is on at the Spiegeltent on Friday 1st August at 6:00pm, where we'll be 
>> presenting a programme of music associated with Louis Armstrong, on which 
>> we'll be joined by Duke Heitger and Topsy Chapman.  Duke and CJO recently 
>> recorded a CD of this music and, judging by the early roughs, it'll be a 
>> storming album. I'll let you know when it's ready for release. We haven't 
>> worked with Topsy before, but we're all looking forward to that 
>> experience (I'm burning the midnight oil writing special charts for it). 
>> If any DJML listers can make it, please come up and say hello.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Ken Mathieson
>> www.classicjazzorchestra.org.uk
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