[Dixielandjazz] Dogfight

[Bill Haesler]

 Jack Mitchell wrote [in part]:
> Probably not Stephen -  Australia did not skip the ragtime era or marching bands. And how many American musicians playing today know much about how jazz developed in the USA?...John Flynn, discussing the formation of the Band Association of NSW in the mid 1880s said: "The bands of those days supplied the music for dances, harbour picnics etc".  That to me is how jazz developed in the USA and spread world wide.

Onyer Jack,
Kind regards,
Bill.