[Dixielandjazz] What's in a name?

[Marek Boym]

Steve, Bill and all,
Have you heard of Bourgeois Scum?
An excellent (American, Steve) jazz group, that could not get gigs or
even dates vecause of the name.  Luckily for us, they were not
stubborn. Eventually, the group became The Classic Jazz Quartet (Joe
Muranyi, Dick Sudhalter, Marty Grosz and Dick Wellstood).

Cheers


On 17 September 2010 04:07, Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> Stephen G Barbone passed on the article  regarding:
>> "Band Name Costs New Pornographers a Gig in Michigan."
>
> Dear Steve,
> Back in 1961, a young very teenage Australian group almost didn't get to appear on Corrine Kirby's national ABC TV program 'Let's Make A Date' because of its name, when the Channel 2 executives realised that they were about to present a '"Gin Bottle Jazz Band" as Melbourne's youngest jazz band. Hasty off-stage discussions resulted in a change to a more respectable name and the Red Onion Jazz Band title was chosen in honour of the 1924 Louis Armstrong recording group.
> The rest, as they say, is Australian jazz history.
> The band, led by drummer Allan Browne, went on to achieve an enviable reputation worldwide.
> As has Allan himself.
> Very kind regards,
> Bill.
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