[Dixielandjazz] Stirring the pot -> young trad. players

[Nancy Doran Giffin]

REGARDING:
Message: 8 
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:51:37 +1300 
From: Joe Carbery <joe.carbery at gmail.com> 
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Stirring the pot 

Joe Carbery wrote:
"Dixieland" (as applied to music) conjures up for me a group of portly 
grey-haired men in straw boaters (I forget what the appropriate US term is), 
striped waistcoats and sleeve-gartered shirts playing multi-themed tunes too 
fast and with absolutely no feeling. I know Condon's music was described as 
dixieland, but he loathed the term. "Trad Jazz" was a term coined by pub-
licists in Britain to describe a very commercial type of "traditional" jazz.

Hello, Joe and list mates!

Rest assured there is a new generation of Dixieland jazz musicians who do not
fit your description, above. Last weekend, I attended the TJYBF (Trad. Jazz 
Youth Band Festival) in Sacramento, CA, and I saw almost 300 students 
(elementary through college age) playing "Dixieland" or "traditional jazz" 
or as Eddie Condon preferred: "hot jazz" or "classic jazz."
You can thank Yvonne Au, mother of three fine jazz musicians, for coming up
with the idea and organizing the event for the past 6 years. It has grown
and proven to be quite a good source of education and inspiration for our
younger players. STJS (Sac. Trad. Jazz Soc.) sponsors the event, and I
would recommend this event to anyone who wants to donate money toward the
preservation of traditional jazz. http://sacjazz.org/youthfestival

Cheers,
Nancy