[Dixielandjazz] stirring the pot

[Jack Mitchell]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Edgerton" <paul.edgerton at gmail.com>
>
>> Seems as how I learned it, the original Jazz inventors were from Africa
>> transplanted to the Southern parts of the USA and developed Jazz from
>> many European and Latin cultures where their kindred were also 
>> transported
>> to and eventually advanced the cultures of the music with African rhythms
>> in similar places like Cuba, Brazil,
>> the Caribbean and even Mexico.  New Orleans was a huge melting pot of
>> cultures which included
>> that of Spain and France  added into the mix.

If  Americans of British, Scandanavian and German descent can play jazz that 
supposedly came only from African and Latin influences, why deny that Brits, 
Germans and Australians can play jazz just as well?

Best wishes
Jack Mitchell