[Dixielandjazz] Where are the musical jobs?

[Stephen G Barbone]

dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com


On Dec 7, 2010, at 2:58 AM, Daniel Barrett wrote:

>
>  Dear Steve & DJML,
>
> I did indeed intend to post this, but my techical expertise ends at  
> winding up a Victrola; finally figured out I'd only replied to  
> Steve, and failed to post it to the DJML. Well, anyway, here it is.
>
> Steve, thanks for the clarification; points well taken! I look  
> forward to reading more from you and others on the DJML soon.
>
> Best Wishes for the Holidays,
>
> --Dan Barrett
> Costa Mesa, CA

Remainder snipped for brevity

Hi Dan & Listmates.

I think I figured out why your communications are not being posted to  
the DJML,. Dan.  Including the one above. I think you have the wrong  
address for posting to the list.

You are sending them to: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com

You should send them to: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com

BTW, talking about "stature", years ago I used to get on a soap box  
about listening to current players more and past players less. I  
opined that many current pros were better than those who went before  
them. The only difference perhaps was that the early players invented  
the genre.

I would urge list mates to get some current records, via Arbors or  
whomever and listen to some of the guys Dan mentioned. If you can only  
buy one, I urge folks to buy "As Long As I Live" and a band fronted by  
Randy Reinhart. Personnel are: Dan Barrett , (cornet, trombone); Frank  
Tate (double bass); James Chirillo (guitar); Kenny Davern (clarinet);  
Randy Reinhart (cornet, trombone); John Sheridan (piano); Tony  
DeNicola (drums). Arbors 19313

Listen to Dan's solo on "You're Nobody's Sweetheart Now". Should tell  
you something about his expertise and his mindset.

Rick Anderson's review:

"A critic's job is to critique, and while that doesn't necessarily  
mean finding fault, it does mean that you're supposed to be able to  
hear the good and bad together and comment on both. The problem comes  
when an album is so consistently appealing that you have a hard time  
getting distance from its charms. That's exactly the problem with this  
live album from cornettist and trombonist Randy Reinhart, who coats  
every tune on this winning program of trad and swing standards with a  
tone so sweet and burnished that listening to it makes you feel like  
you're eating ice cream. The fact that his accompanists include  
clarinetist Kenny Davern, trombonist Dan Barrett, and pianist John  
Sheridan only adds to the difficulty of gaining critical distance. So  
suffice it to say that the band's charging rendition of "At the Jazz  
Band Ball" is a masterpiece of group-improv tension and release, that  
their ten- and 11-minute-long versions of "Blues My Naughty Sweetie  
Gives to Me" and "Yellow Dog Blues" are too short, and that when  
Reinhart and Barrett switch instruments on "I Guess I'll Have to  
Change My Plan" the only reason you notice is that their brilliance  
changes color slightly. And when you listen closely to the opening  
head on "As Long as I Live," you'll hear harmony work between the  
cornet, trombone, and clarinet that is liable to make you tear up.  
Innovative? Not in the slightest. Masterful, brilliant, inspiring?  
Absolutely."

IMO, OKOM doesn't get any better than this record, except in live  
performance. As Marek Boym would say: SUPPORT LIVE JAZZ.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband