[Dixielandjazz] Song History was The Chant is Not Dixieland

[Marek Boym]

Are you sure you READ the emails before replying?  Those kids are not
OKOM fans - they come to dance.  Most of them first heard the band
busking, liked it, dancen on the street, and then have followed it
into its various venues.  And they often are very syrprised to see old
farts like me coming to hear "their kind of music."
Cheers

On 13 January 2011 17:48, Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> On Jan 13, 2011, at 10:32 AM, Marek Boym wrote:
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>>> Amen Jim:
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>>> This music is played to a wide variety of audiences here in the USA as
>>> well.
>>> While Marvin and the majority of the "older" crowd may enjoy the history
>>> of
>>> a song, rest assured that most of the jazz challenged (those who are not
>>> specific OKOM fans) don't want to hear the historical clap trap.
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>> Most of the following of the Israeli New Orleans Function is very
>> young (when I'm there, at 70 I raise the average age to something like
>> 27).  Nevertheless, Eli the leader not only always mentions the
>> titles, but often also who was famous for playing it.  I've never seen
>> anybody stop to dance and leave in disgust.
>> Cheers
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> Maybe so, but the audience demographic you describe does not fit the
> category described by me.  You are talking about OKOM fans, not the jazz
> challenged or casual audience which I described. And who might have played a
> tune is certainly not the complete history of a tune, nor has it any meaning
> at all if the audience has no idea who those former players were.
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> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
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