[Dixielandjazz] Here's an even better job offer

[Dixiejazzdata]

 I agree with that Larry,  because the original bands rehearsed and played together constantly and had the essence of their own BAND sound in their delivery of the music, and no doubt many of them did not even need the charts anymore to play at the quality level that Ellington and the other Big Band leaders had.   Ghost bands using subs on the road to save money just all too often lack that edge that one can hear on the original vinyl.   Unfortunately also true is that most audiences simnply do not know the difference as they have never been exposed to the real thing.

Cheers,

Bart


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Walton Entertainment <larrys.bands at charter.net>
To: B.B. Buffington <dixiejazzdata at aol.com>
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Mon, May 16, 2011 4:10 pm
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Here's an even better job offer


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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