[Dixielandjazz] Loose Marbles

[Marek Boym]

Hi,
I have not yet listened to the "outside the box OKOM," but the
Preservation Hall videos are present very well played jazz; actually,
I have over the years heard many a band not playing half as well and
still being regularly reivited to festivals.
And yes, there is young audience - just reach out to it!  That might
even save the future of OKOM festivals - some of the kids will become
affluent, or at least - well to do, and if they get hooked, will
attend festivals.  And the older people are going to die eventually,
even if, as we wish each other, they live to be 120!  If there is any
future for OKOM festivals (I repat yet again - to me this includes
swing), it lies with the young players and young audiences.
Cheers

On 29 May 2010 23:10, Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> On May 29, 2010, at 3:00 PM, dixielandjazz-request at ml.islandnet.com wrote:
>
>> Dave Richoux  tubaman at tubatoast.com wrote (about Loose Marbles)
>>
>>
>> Listening to them right now at Sac Jazz - some great old tunes played just
>> right! I don't think anybody in the group is over 30, but they have the
>> collective soul of a timeless New Orleans Jazz band.
>
> You tell em Dave. For others who want to hear/see them go to:
>
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=bCffoeZzVEg
>
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=R6sYZBMISFg&feature=related
>
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=nyr7LDiprjA&feature=related
>
>
> Now, do folks still doubt this music is viable among the young? OK, go to:
>
>
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=2ICiOA-iFZk&feature=related
>
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=GHQ1UhWpl7I
>
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=5aSSUJDLBLI&feature=related
>
>
> In other words, you folks who think this music will die, should get out
> more. Go where the kids are instead of watching OKOM festivals who don't
> adapt slowly die. Note well that Sacramento has the Loose Marbles there this
> weekend. Thank Bob Ringwald for that.
>
> Still not convinced? OK, for some outside the box OKOM thinking go to:
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkVXENoTdNg
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veZ7RKbiUB0
>
> http://www.primatefiasco.com/music.html
>
>
> Want more trad? OK, then hear Cangelosi Cards at:
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF_MCxA8szM
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LBfCPMK81U&feature=related
>
> This is the band that Ed Polcer busks around NYC in the subway, or at
> Washington Sq Park there. He'll tell you he makes more per hour doing that
> then he does at his Old Folks gigs in The Big Apple.
>
> Yes, OKOM festivals may die. Nothing lasts forever and those of us who
> played at, or went to OKOM festivals have an average age of dead. But, for
> those of us old folks who still get to nightclubs or street festivals and
> see these young bands are quite optimistic about the state of the genre. How
> many of the old guard knew about Loose Marbles? Those of us on the DJML
> should all know, as they have been the subject of numerous posts for about 5
> years now.
>
> And those like my band which plays 100 gigs a year in venues like these see
> the enthusiasm with which the music is accepted by audiences of all ages . .
> . IF IT IS PRESENTED WITH THAT AUDIENCE IN MIND.  We're cutting back from
> 160+  gigs a year not because the music is dead, but because we are to damn
> old to play more than twice a week on average. And we welcome the young OKOM
> bands that are springing up in our area. Instead of lamenting the old folks
> perception that this music is dying, get out on the scene and hear what the
> young bands are doing with it.
>
> Go hear the kids, like Jonathan Russell, or Aaron Irwin or Drew Nugent, or
> the bands above, or all of the rest out there who making sure OKOM lives. We
> are dying off, not the music. THINK YOUNG.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
>
>
>
>
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