[Dixielandjazz] Noise?

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

Well this wasn't at a jazz festival but one time I was performing near the 
river in New Orleans with an AF 18pc jazz band.  We were in a gazebo very 
near where the river steamers dock.   We were wailing away and the steam 
Calliope on one of the boats started playing.  Nothing can compete with 
that.  We just packed it up and left.  I thought the leader was going to 
have a stroke.

Personally I hate playing parades and always have.  At the same time I have 
been in more than a man ever should.  Time and age has done nothing to 
improve my thoughts on them
Larry
STL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "kim haskett" <kimhask at hotmail.com>
To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Noise?


>
> """"" Of course if we're talking from the point of view of members of a 
> marching band ... ?????? every degree of consideration was given to these 
> people."""""""
>
> Oh come on..I can't let this one pass...I have  never posted before.....
> Marching Band's  CONSIDERATION??!!!!.... Are you kidding me ?...HAHAHA!?
> We 'of the Marching Band Coalition EVERYWHERE' wish to say..
>
> We are most often told 'when to play' in a parade situation,
> and how 'much' to play...not counting..the 'plaaaaay something' cheers 
> from
> the streetside.  Doesn't much matter if it is Up hill, Round a corner, In 
> the rain,
> The sweltering heat, In front of TV cameras and a Reviewing Stand 
> (30meters apart..we're
> talking 2 songs here!, in some cases after an uphill climb?)
>
> As a personal aside; I can't march anymore (bad knees..all those years of 
> marching..who'd a
> thunk it..haha :o)
>
> A good friend of mine once said....."I'll go back to doing parades when 
> the 'audience' marches past me"
>
>
> """The festival was sufficiently well organised that musicians liable to 
> stray to hostelries on the far side of the route were advised, alas 
> needlessly, that if they went there they might be stuck there for at least 
> an hour. In fact for the length of the set the disappointed ensemble on 
> the stage had planned to play. ????""""
>
> You are Right..the Organizers here should have been Tared and 
> Feathered...and the musicians?  didn't they pack a cooler? haha..:o)
>
>> The worst noise ever encountered by any band at any jazz festival 
>> appeared just after Ken Supermathieson's Classic Jazz Orchestra had 
>> played magnificently on the outdoor stage of the Glasgow Jazz Festival in 
>> 2006. Due to G8, including "The Bushy-Wushy W-boy then based in DC" (who 
>> oblivious of the wise condonisms re the danger of excessive athleticism 
>> fell off his bicycle in the grounds of the conference Hotel) >
>
> 'enough said about organizers :o)  hahaha
>
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