[Dixielandjazz] New Orleans Function

[Marek Boym]

Probably as many stories as there are jazz fans!
When I was 12 or 13, Dad took me to a quiz show.  I still remember a
joke or two, but what mainly caught my attention was the music: they
had the Jan Cajmer (pronounced Yan Tsaimer) Orchestra, which played
swing.  Wow!  Until then, despite music education at school, where
they brought artists once a month to play, I had never HEARD music: it
came in via one ear, and got out via the other one, without leaving
impression; I could not tell the national anthem from The
International (both were played daily at the morning parade).  And now
there was music that caught my ear; something to listen to, not for
the words but for the music itself; I've reamined a jazz fan ever
since.
Cheers

On 02/11/2009, Dick Sleeman <dick at sleeman.nl> wrote:
> Marek's writing:
>
> > Last night, my friends and went to hear the New Orleans Function in
> > Tel-Aviv.  Unlike the previous time, I did not feel like a dinosaur,
> > although, at 68, I was probably the oldest in the audience - the
> > band
> > is young, and so is its following.
> >
>
> brought back reminiscenses of my childhood. Like Marek I was born in
> 1941, during WWII and images of the terror are still vivid in my mind.
>
> At twelve I played the trombone in a youth band of the Salvation Army
> and met new friends in the first class of high school (in our country
> called H.B.S). One of them introduced me to a record of Louis
> Armstrong, entitled "New Orleans Function". It changed my life!
>
> Together with some friends we started a band and called it "The Timber
> Town Jazz Band" (because we lived in a town with a timber port and
> much timber industries). Jazz became part of my life and it is the
> reason I am a member of this list.
>
> Warmest regards from tulip country,
>
> Dick Sleeman
>
> P.S. It might be interesting to hear from other listmates what triggered
> them to become O.K.O.M. lovers :-)
>
>
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