[Dixielandjazz] Young Bands

[David Richoux]

Hi all,

I just got back from a weekend long event in Seattle called Honk Fest  
West - nothing but young (or young in spirit) street brass bands  
playing all kinds of jazz, "rawkus" rock, funky sambas and Balkan  
Brass in the streets, bars and parks of the city. It was a whole lot  
of fun and we made a somewhat big impression on the night-life of  
Seattle. The last day was a non-stop jam session with maybe 40-50  
brass and an equal number of drums & percussion playing (and  
learning) all kinds of music. I did what i could to encourage New  
Orleans style brass band - it is a hard thing to teach in the  
streets, but we did get some good things going on!

There will be another HonkFest in the Boston area this October, and I  
will bet there will be another one someplace on the West Coast in the  
future.

http://honkfestwest.com and http://www.honkfest.org/  for more info  
and band links.

There is a YahooGroup called Streetband that covers this sort of  
music, by the way. Some of the DJML members are on it ;-)

Dave Richoux

On Mar 25, 2008, at 6:21 PM, Gluetje1 at aol.com wrote:

> Hi Steve,
> Yes, I also thought they sounded very New Orleans on "Little Liza  
> Jane",  the
> way they begin "Just A Closer Walk".  Checked their  "Caribbean"-- 
> someone
> sent me a 1953 copyrighted tune,  "Caribbean", words & music by  
> Mitchell Torok a
> few months  ago--different tune apparently.
>
> I hope the potential of Sick with Barbone Street comes to pass-- 
> that'd work
> and a lot of good music would get made.
>
> These recent posts pointing out some of these younger bands have  
> refreshed
> my spirit.
> Ginny
>