[Dixielandjazz] By Ned, we invented the genre:

[Marek Boym]

On 11/07/2009, Dave Gannett <evidence at otelco.net> wrote:
> In an effort to display their deep musical knowledge and tongue-clucking
> disapproval of my "political incorrectness", their are those on the list who
> are entirely missing my point, whish is a simple one:  native groups which
> originate a style of music are, de facto, those most likely to perform it in
> the spirit which inspired it in the first place.  I never said that other
> nationalities could NOT perform that particular style, or that they
> performed it badly.  I'm talking about the heart and spirit of the music,
> something which eludes many musicians regardless of nationality, who feel
> that playing the notes is what the music is about.

I canot agree!  Listen to the really good musicians - Humphrey
Lyttelton, Cy Laurie (UK), the Dutch Swing College Band or Joep
Peeters (also Dutch0, David Goloshchokin (Russian), Bob (Lubos)
Zajicek, and more.

Cheers
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