[Dixielandjazz] Teamwork [was: Selecting a Banjo]

[Jim O'Briant]

Phil Wilking wrote, in part:

> ... Now onto my soapbox:
> 
> Trad jazz is a job for a team, not a gaggle of individualist would-be
stars.

I couldn't agree more. The most exciting times to play and to listen to trad
jazz, for me, are not the solos, but the ensembles where a group of "team
players" are successfully improvising counterpoint. 

Jim O'Briant
Gilroy, CA
Tuba & Leader, The Zinfandel Stompers