[Dixielandjazz] Song History was The Chant is Not Dixieland

[Harry Callaghan]

Steve and Marek:

I pray, please continue with your little verbal battle.....I don't think
I've been entertained to this degree since watching "The Texas Chainsaw
Massacre"

HC

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
> >
> > On Jan 13, 2011, at 10:32 AM, Marek Boym wrote:
> >
> >>>
> >>> Amen Jim:
> >>>
> >>> 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.
> >>
> >>
> >> 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
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Steve Barbone
> > www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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