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

[Marek Boym]

While I have seen Dixieland musicians dressed as Joe described, and
our own Stompers usually wear straw hats on stage, it was very seldom
that they played "multi-themed tunes too fast and with absolutely no
feeling."  The Stompers, now all gray haired indeed, play quite well,
certainly with feeling.
Even the British "trad" bands often were much better than described by
Joe.  Acker Bilk's band has indeed sported ridiculous waistcoats
(vests in American), but its music was often inspired, and has become
even more so when the pressures of commercial stardom were gone.

For some reason, various "hot jazz ensembles" in the UK (usually
quartets featuring a cornet of a clarinet, brass bass, bnajo and
either a pian or drums) often dress that way, but their music is, in
general, excellent.
Cheers

On 21 February 2011 01:33, Nancy Doran Giffin <nancyink at surewest.net> wrote:
> 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
>
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