[Dixielandjazz] Female Jazz Musicians - exceptions to the rule?

[Allan Brown]

Ah, got you! I was thinking they could have called themselves "the Dykesieland All Stars", or something along those lines.

Allan Brown



On 5 Jan 2010, at 18:22, David M Richoux wrote:

> I am not a copyright/trademark specialist, but I suppose the Dukes of Dixieland are pretty protective about their name...
> 
> Dave Richoux
> 
> On Jan 5, 2010, at 5:26 AM, Allan Brown wrote:
> 
>> That's what I was thinking too. The pun's there for the taking. Surely  'Dixie' and 'Dixieland' aren't  copyrighted words?
>> 
>> Allan Brown
>> 
>> 
>> On 5 Jan 2010, at 05:14, David M Richoux wrote:
>> 
>>> Steve, and all -
>>> 
>>> Ii should be pointed out that the correct name for that group is "Dixieland Dykes + 3" (but I have no idea why they decided to loose the obvious connection in their name - maybe a lawsuit from New Orleans?)
>>> 
>>> I have not actually ever heard the group - they do not seem to have ever connected to the local San Francisco  Trad Jazz societies... outreach, anybody?
>>> 
>>> (BTW, Bruce Vermazen's Chrysanthemum Ragtime Band was probably the first LGBT band in San Francisco - they did some amazingly accurate Ragtime transcriptions and sadly did not survive into the CD era.
>>> Bruce later moved to San Diego and formed the  Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra  http://www.sandiegoragtime.com/ )
>>> 
>>> Dave RIchoux
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Jan 4, 2010, at 7:50 PM, Stephen G Barbone wrote:
>>> 
>>>> And lets not forget The Dykes of Dixieland plus 3, in the San Francisco Bay Area. A spin off from the Lesbian Gay Freedom Band. They been going strong for over a decade.
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Steve Barbone
>>>> 
>>>> On Jan 4, 2010, at 4:37 PM, dixielandtom at comcast.net wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hello All,
>>>>>     Just to stir the pot, lets not forget Billy Tipton in the '60s
>>>>>                   Dixieland Tom Bengtsson
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: Stephen G Barbone
>>>>> 
>>>>> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Female Jazz Musicians - exceptions to the rule?
>>>>> 
>>>>> If we were to start a list of female musicians, or female jazz  musicians etc.,
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