[Dixielandjazz] High School Bands

[Stephen G Barbone]

Then, my dear Marek, you should stop disrespecting the jazz music of  
high school musicians in the USA when you know absolutely nothing  
about them, how good they are, and how much they swing. How can you  
presume to compare them to what you know, when you don't know about  
them?

Did you not listen to the first two bands? Not esoteric at all, full  
of soul and they swung.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband



> Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:
> To: Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
>
> 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.
>