[Dixielandjazz] FW: Is Skiffle OKOM?

[Jim Kashishian]

Rick asked:
>Have to ask TPTB, do you consider Skiffle Music to be OKOM?

Ahah, Rick!  You obviously didn't take my suggestion to go to the David
Robinson link where he describes various styles.  See below what he says.
Jim




Skiffle" Music:

An idiom overlapping traditional jazz is "skiffle" (aka "jug band" or "spasm
band") music. The word "skiffle" implies an informal blues or jazz jam
session in which vocals feature prominently and homemade instruments are
used. Wind instruments may or may not be present. Some skiffle performances
feature wind instruments playing polyphonically, which fits our criteria of
traditional jazz. Instruments typically found in a "skiffle band" include
(in any combination) guitar, banjo, mandolin, "gutbucket" (washtub bass),
washboard, jug, harmonica, kazoo, cornet, fiddle, clarinet, musical saw,
comb, etc. Recorded examples include Dixieland Jug Blowers (1926-7); Five
Harmaniacs (1926-7); Tub Jug Washboard Band (1928); State Street Ramblers
(1931); Alabama Jug Band (1934).