[Dixielandjazz] JAZZ WAX ARTICLE - The death trap of early jazz

[Bruce Stangeland]

Steve,

I just purchased an 8-lecture CD from the Teaching Company called 
"Elements of Jazz: From Cakewalks to Fusion 
<http://www.teach12.com/ttcx/CourseDescLong2.aspx?cid=728>".
My wife and I just finished 36 lectures about the Viking Age from the 
Teaching Company, and enjoyed them. Now we look forward to listening to 
this series before we go to the 6-night Exploritas program at the 
Sacramento Jazz Festival next month.

I found a $20 discount coupon 
<http://dealslip.com/landing/the-teaching-company> for the course, so my 
total was only about $20 for the download option.

Cheers,
Bruce Stangeland
Berkeley banjoist

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Often we "purists" complain that the general public would only listen  
to early jazz they would get hooked. And we bemoan the fact that most  
young folks think jazz started after WW 2. The below article by Marc  
Myers describes a mindset with which many of us might disagree. Does  
early jazz turn newcomers off?

Credit for digging up this article goes to list mate Norman Vickers,  
who said in part:

"We all have our own opinions about recommendations when someone asks  
?Where can I learn something about jazz?? My recommendations used to  
be The Smithsonian Collection of Classic jazz.  It began at the  
beginning, had 5 hours of listening along with a booklet.  I  
recommended that  they read the booklet?listen 30 minutes at a time.   
So that amounted to ?ten easy lessons.?  Unfortunately, it is out of  
print."

Like Norm, I love the Smithsonian Collection and booklet. One of the  
few albums I still possess. Now, I would recommend the Ken Burns DVD  
and accompanying booklet. You can go the JazzWax.com to see the  
original blog and many other articles about jazz.

Cheers,

Steve Barbone