[Dixielandjazz] Here's an even better job offer

[Larry Walton Entertainment]

I find most ghost bands to be lacking especially in live settings.  I have 
played with several and often they have a bunch of subs.  The subs are often 
very good but not like the original.  On the other hand I don't think most 
audiences are that discriminating.  I think they just want to hear the tunes 
for dancing.  Younger audiences have nothing to compare with unless they 
have a personal collection of vinyl so they just don't know.
Larry
StL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marek Boym" <marekboym at gmail.com>
To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Here's an even better job offer


> Hi,
> It's been a long time since the Duke's passing.  In the meantime, the
> number of loyal followers and people who heard the Duke has dwindled.
> New audiences stand a better chance of exposure to Dixieland (busking
> bands, swing dances) than to Ellington.  Too bad, but that's the way
> it is.  It is up to the media and the schools to expose young people
> to Duke's music.  And, unlike Dixieland, no "Ellingtonian" band can
> really represent Ellington's music properly.  The British "Echoes of
> Ellington" do an excellent job, but it's not Duke.  Most bands I've
> heard sounded too owed to take any chances, so their music sounded
> rather bland.  I've obtained recordings by some of my favourite
> musicians, only to find out that they sounded much better playing
> other stuff.  The Ellington "spirit" (and don't ask me to define it -
> I can't) is missing.
>
> Cheers
> On 16 May 2011 20:01, Stan Brager <sbrager at verizon.net> wrote:
>> I fully agree with you, Bert. You present the reasons why so many of the
>> "Dixieland" jazz festivals are changing their mix of musical styles and 
>> even
>> their names. The reality is that the market has changed or, rather, 
>> evolved
>> away from the music to which many of us danced or enjoyed in our earlier
>> days. The niche it now populates grows ever smaller.
>>
>> As a board member of the local Duke Ellington Society in Southern
>> California, our membership has fallen quite low and most other Duke
>> Ellington Societies have reported the same.
>>
>
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