[Dixielandjazz] Question from Igor

[David Richoux]

I am in agreement with "K.C." and Igor - it seems like there has long  
been a major faction in OKOM to keep song selection (and even  
performance style) to a restricted range, and there also have been  
many musicians and groups that have tried to incorporate a much wider  
range of music and musical styles into what we have agreed to term OKOM.

The "WGJB" (Yank Lawson, Bob Haggart and others) was a leader in  
adapting rock and pop tunes into OKOM style, also the Anachronic Jazz  
Band adapted be-bop jazz into OKOM style, and there have been many  
other examples. Many jazz band I know of have no fear of Ragtime or  
even "Old-time" songs - Lu Watters and Turk Murphy often did them and  
most "San Francisco Trad" bands continue in playing a wide variety of  
songs.

The Beatles are a rich source of possibly good OKOM songs and there  
are a few other "rock" bands songs that will work if you try - I  
could see "Punk Rock OKOM" with a few songs by the Ramones and Green  
Day easily fitting in - it might confuse some trad audiences! (But it  
would be worth it.) i don't know if any OKOM group has recorded such  
a collection yet - there are some somewhat synthesized (I think)  
"Nutley Brass Band" playing Ramones and Misfits hits released on CD -  
not great, but OK.

By the way, if you are going to Sacramento, please try to check out  
the California Repercussions - we will be playing on Friday and  
Saturday, and our song selection coves a HUGE range of styles - while  
we don't play everything in OKOM format, it is a lot of fun!

Dave Richoux

On May 7, 2008, at 4:57 PM, LRG4003 at aol.com wrote:

> Igor, while Mr. Balbone, Mopsick, etc will give you far more detailed
> answers I can tell you that there are numerous tunes played by trad  
> bands from  the
> early 1900's and 1910's (as well as the 40's and later---Hello  
> Dolly, Do You
> Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans, Midnight in Moscow to name  
> a few).
>
> I recently programmed a performance for our band that was a two  
> hour  concert
> of only pre-1930 numbers and it included such staples as "Bill  
> Bailey"  1902,
> "Some of These Days"  1911, "Alexander's RagTime Band" 1911,  
> "Blues  My
> Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me" 1915,  "Darktown Strutter's" 1917,  
> "St.  Louis Blues"
> 1914 and those which reach much further into the past---"Closer   
> Walk", "St.
> James Infirmary", "Just a Little While to Stay Here,"  etc.  just  
> to name a few.
>
> I think many tunes from every decade can lend themselves to a  
> "trad" or
> swing treatment and suspect many on the list will agree.
>
> I am, however, waiting for my first good dixieland version of the  
> best of  LL
> Cool J and Run-DMC.
>
> K.C. Clarinet
>
>
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