[Dixielandjazz] Kenton Changes Big Band Sound

[Marek Boym]

Thakn you, I'll pass.
I am not going to waste whatever is left of my life on "music" you
call "esoteric jazz."
All that reminds me of a character in "The Fountainhead," and I do not
mean the architect.
Cheers

On 12 March 2011 17:22, Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
> On Mar 12, 2011, at 2:42 AM, Marek Boym wrote:
>>
>>> Barbone wrote
>>> I would add that perhaps Sinatra Jr. was referring to Kenton's
>>> Mellophonium
>>> band circa 1960-63. This version had its own 4 mellophonium section and
>>> was
>>> a change from previous Kenton sounds. He even won a Grammy and it was the
>>> foundation of his educational work with colleges and high schools which
>>> legacy and big band influence continues today.
>>
>> And what good it has done is reflected by todays musicians synthetic
>> sound.  Somehow, most "jazz" graduates manage to sound the same - lots
>> of tecnique, complete lack of any originality or soul.
>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Steve Barbone
>>> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
>>>
>
> Ouch Marek: You tar all the GREAT high school musicians with the same brush.
> Perhaps you should spend more time in the USA listening to the plethora of
> wonderful high School Jazz Bands we have here.
>
> Want some soul at the high school level? see Garfield HS with Wynton
> Marsalis, at:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tJZZIWui5Q&feature=related
>
> Or hear them again at:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA-nAIpuge8
>
> For more esoteric Jazz, which you will not like, but is astounding go to:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkPCtUg6-vY&feature=related
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgnIjDCmWfY&feature=related
>
> Plenty of great High School Jazz Bands here that compete every year. Like
> those at the Folsom CA Jazz Festival every year, or at the Essentially
> Ellington high school competition sponsored by Jazz at Lincoln Center, or at
> the Mingus high school band competition in Massachusetts.
>
> I particularly like the Essentially Ellington program at Jazz at Lincoln
> Center. They claim to have helped 300,000 students in 5000 schools master
> the fundamentals of jazz.
>
> http://www.jalc.org/jazzed/ee/welcome09.html
>
> Once on that page, click on the "Announcing the 2011  etc., (in blue)
>
> Like I said, lots of GREAT high school bands and players are around the USA.
>  And in cities like New York, there are lots of great young jazz players
> working in small clubs. They too have lots of soul.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
>
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