[Dixielandjazz] Igor's Question

[Marek Boym]

Hi,
As far as I am concerned, a band can play, in Wilbur de Paris' words,
"anything that can be jazzed on."  I'm often bored with hearing the
same things over and over again, played by disinterested musicians,
who are even more bored than I am.  However, I've had an exchange with
someone, either on this list or, more likely, on the Mississippi Rag
Bulletin Board (I strongly recommend that listmates should register on
that Board), who wanted to hear the same old warhorses again and
again, and to my question whether he did not mind taht musicians were
bored playing them, replied something like "they're there to entertain
us; if they are bored playing what we want, they should quit."

Someone brought up the example of the Worls Greatest Jazz Band as one
taht played new reportoire.  I have the record on which they do - but
on most of their "live" recordings they played the standard
repertoire.  Moreover, some of the "new" songs were not all that
jazzy.
Cheers

On 08/05/2008, David Richoux <tubaman at tubatoast.com> wrote:
> Igor,
>
> Please remember that  the "alternative" songs you list are about 40 years -
> or more - old (Blue Bayou is the most recent, I think.) Attracting "Boomers"
> to listening to this kind of music is tough, getting folks who are now in
> their 20s and 30s can be even harder!
> The California Repercussions do songs by Brittany Spears ("Toxic,")
> Megadeath ("Enter Sandman" - which is in a medley with "Mr. Sandman" ;-) and
> several "New Swing" songs from Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and the like. Our
> arrangements are close to the original versions - we don't camp it up much
> (that is hard to do instrumentally with a 50 piece wind band.) However, our
> rendition of "Y.M.C.A." had the rather mature audience on their feet, waving
> their hands in the air at Sacramento a few years ago. (I was pleasantly
> surprised!)
>
> Dave Richoux
>
>
> On May 8, 2008, at 12:37 PM, Igor Glenn wrote:
>
> > I had asked a question about meeting younger generations halfway by
> playing songs other than those from 1920-49.  What if we picked specific
> songs that have a similarity to specific established Trad songs?
> >
> >  I'm not suggesting trying to force any and all tunes into a Trad style;
> that can be awkward to the point of being ridiculous.  However, there are a
> few widely-recognized songs that already have an intrinsic character of
> "Trad".  This is based on a similarity of rhythmic pattern, melodic contour,
> chord progressing and lyric.
> >
> >  From and for the "Boomers", I submit the following alternatives:
> >
> >  Saints Go Marching In  -  Put Your Hand in the Hand of the Man Who
> Stilled the  Waters
> >  St. James' Informary Blues  -  House of the Rising Sun
> >  Birth of the Blues  -  King of the Road
> >  Closer Walk with Thee  -  We Shall Overcome
> >  Bill Bailey  -  Riding on the City of New Orleans
> >  Georgia Camp Meeting  -  Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport (!)
> >  Ain't Misbehaving  -  When I'm 64
> >  Tin Roof Blues  -  Night Life (Ain't no good life but it's my life...)
> >  Sleepy Time Down South  -  Blue Bayou
> >  Naughty Sweetie Blues  -  Those Were the Days
> >
> >  Some songs from the "Boomer Era" actually were or became Trad:
> >
> >  Midnight in Moscow
> >  San Francisco Bay Blues   (My typist loves the Eric Clapton version)
> >  Hello Dolly
> >  Cabaret
> >  Entertainer Rag
> >  Winchester Cathedral
> >  See See Rider
> >  Washington Square (banjo solo)
> >  Mardi Gras Mambo
> >
> >  Also note that recognizable lyrics can help the un-initiated connect to
> "our style" of music.  (My typist detests the "OKOM" term.)  What are some
> other alternatives from other eras?  Why did we stop being eclectic?
> >
> >  IGOR
> >
> >
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