[Dixielandjazz] Shameless Self-Promotion!

[Ken Mathieson]

Hi Marek,

Thanks for your congratulations! I'll pass them on to the other seven guys,
who all deserve it as much as I do. I think another of the reasons that the
younger jazz fraternity take my band seriously is that our arrangements
embrace the whole of jazz history, while paying respect to the recordings of
the early masters. The charts are shaped by the character of the
composition, so quite early pieces, like Jelly's Jungle Blues, can turn out
sounding quite contemporary (after the intro it consists of only one chord,
so it invites modal interpretation). Having said that, people who know their
early jazz recordings will still recognise lots of passages from these
recordings woven into new arrangements, so that the old and familiar is
combined with the new and unfamiliar, which I believe emphasises the
timelessness of the great music of the early jazz masters. I guess being
sufficiently different to stand out from both the ultramodernists and the
ultratraditionalists, helps when it comes to public polls.

Regards,

Ken


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marek Boym" <marekboym at gmail.com>
To: "Ken Mathieson" <ken at kenmath.free-online.co.uk>;
<Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Shameless Self-Promotion!


Hello Ken,
I can only join the others' congratulations - too late to be first!
Cheers

>
> Well, last night's 2009 Awards ceremony produced a dark-horse winner in
> the Best Band category: My Classic Jazz Orchestra, which has Jelly Roll
> Morton's compositions at the heart of its repertoire, as well loads of
> Bix, Oliver, Armstrong, Ellington and much more besides, got the top
> prize. I was as surprised as anyone else and was temporarily rendered
> speechless. I think one of the reasons for our success was the fact that
> we've got a number of outstanding young players in the band, who otherwise
> play in very contemporary sounding bands, but who enjoy playing the older
> styles as well, as it gives them an opportunity to play jazz history,
> rather than just hear or read about it.
>
> Naturally I shall milk the award for all its worth, but suspect it won't
> result in increased bookings.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ken Mathieson
> www.classicjazzorchestra.org.uk
>
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