[Dixielandjazz] Dogfight

[david richoux]

Indeed!

I have a quote somewhere  in a book about the history of brass bands
from an early 1800s minister complaining about how bands playing on
Sunday afternoons were corrupting the morals of the young! The
attitudes changed somewhat with the Victorian era (and the massive
popularity of Brass Bands...)

Dave RIchoux

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 9:29 PM, Jim O'Briant <jobriant at garlic.com> wrote:
> Jack Mitchell wrote:
>
>> neither John Flynn nor myself asserted that jazz began in
>> the 1880s, just that brass band musicians began playing
>> outside of marches and Sunday afternoon concerts in the
>> local park rotunda that early, instead they began playing
>> for dances and parties.
>
> That started a lot earlier than the 1880's.
>
> Jim O'Briant
> Gilroy, CA
> Tuba & Leader, The Zinfandel Stompers