[Dixielandjazz] The Birth of Jazz?

[David Richoux]

I don't know if it was the same flute, but a similar one was discussed  
on a PBS special last week "The Music Instinct: Science and Song" - I  
got the program on my Tivo and have found it to be somewhat  
interesting so far. (doe, ray, me, la, and tea to go... ;-)

Dave Richoux
On Jun 28, 2009, at 7:33 PM, Stephen G Barbone wrote:

> Perhaps Jazz was born 40,000 years ago? A five hole flute carved  
> from a Vulture bone was found in Germany and is dated at 35 to 40  
> thousand years old. If, as Dr. Conrad of the University in Tubingen  
> says, there must have been Paganinis, Mozarts and Hendrixes, back   
> in those days, then why not Boldens, Armstrongs and Beiderbeckes?
> Note too, that the scale notes of the 5 holes in the flute match the  
> Oh Say Can You See notes, which were, as noted in a recent post,  
> derived from a British Drinking Song. I wonder if the Britons copied  
> the tune from a drunken German jazz man. <grin>
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
>