[Dixielandjazz] By Ned, we invented the genre:

[Stephen G Barbone]

> David Gannett said
>
> BY NED, WE INVENTED THE GENRE and play it BETTER than any other  
> musicians
> from anywhere else, because it's our own, home-grown music!

And then the fun started. <grin>

BTW, Dave, I'm with you. Having grown up in NYC among the GIANTs, IMO,  
there has never been the equal of the Condon Bands et al, anywhere in  
the world since.

Some US bands are close, and some are re-inventing the genre,  
especially the young buskers out there on the streets these day. No  
doubt they annoy the purists but then, that's the way it always was in  
jazz. The new folks annoy the old folks.

Listmates who heard the many different players/ bands at Condon's  
joint on 3rd Street in the 1940s, 50s know exactly what I am talking  
about. It was pure energy. And those who listen to todays US bands  
(I'm talking about the buskers) are hearing the beginnings of a  
relevant Dixieland movement among the young.

While I agree with the Aussies that Bob Barnard is wonderful, I would  
also opine  that Jon Erik Kellso, Randy Reinhart, Randy Sandke, Ed  
Polcer and countless other American jazz musicians, that most of us  
have never heard of, like Al Harrison, are also wonderful. To say  
nothing of the younger crop of musicians like Jonathan Russell.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband