[Dixielandjazz] Festivals-Howard Mandel Responds

[Norman Vickers]

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From:  Norman Vickers, Jazz society of Pensacola

 

Howard Mandel, president of Jazz Journalists association and blogger on Arts
Journal, responds to Ken Dryden.

Thanks, Howard.

 

From: howard Mandel [mailto:jazzmandel at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:57 PM
To: Norman Vickers
Subject: Re: Festivals--Ken Dryden writes

 

Pace Ken, whom I respect -- I haven't been to New Orleans Jazz and Heritage
Festival since 2002 . . . but I went every year for a while in the '70s and
'80s and was always amazed at what a great job the fest crew did in placing
stages with tents, trucks, food and crafts stands as baffles that prevented
overlapping sound. Not perfect but quite close. They had it down as a
science. And that festival is genuine festive in a way that is hardly ever
duplicated indoors. -- Howard