[Dixielandjazz] Is Western Swing OKOM?

[Bill Haesler]

> Dave Radlauer wrote [in part]:
> I try to make the case that there are very strong, if not dominant, jazz 
> and blues elements in Western Swing . . . at least as concerns the classic 
> original recordings from the mid-1930s through early '50s on my three part 
> COWBOY JAZZ AND HILLBILLY SWING programs......

Dear Dave,
My mouldy fig sentiments exactly except that I stop at July 1942, when the long Musicians' Union recording ban came into force.
*>) 
Kind regards,
Bill.