[Dixielandjazz] The Saints Go Marching In

[Stephen G Barbone]

>  David M Richoux <tubaman at tubatoast.com>
>
> Here is the clip with Terence Blanchard playing The Saints on the
> Rachel Maddow Show last Friday night. (there is a short commercial
> first.)
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/35266443#35266443
>
> I assume this should work anywhere - it is a RSS link.
>
> Dave Richoux

Hey Dave:

Thanks for that link. For folks who didn't see/hear it, it was  
Terrence Blanchard with a "modern" jazz group doing The Saints, on the  
Rue Iberville in New Orleans in front of an appreciative crowd.  
Apparently it was on the Rachael Maddow TV show. She also explained  
that New Orleans is where jazz was invented.

Is there a lesson here?  Many Dixieland bands refuse to play the  
"Saints" for one reason or another. Is it any wonder then, that we  
didn't hear it during the Super Bowl?

Could it be that we, in our zeal to play obscure Dixieland tunes that  
the mass audience neither  listens to, nor finds relevant  are part of  
the reason this music eludes the mass audience? Could it be that if we  
all played "Saints" more often, we would find that the various  
audiences love it?

In my experience, we ALWAYS play Saints. at general audience gigs,  we  
find that we have great success in developing a local young audience.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband