[Dixielandjazz] ] Winner of the Montreux Festival's piano contest 12 years ago, Léo Tardin. + SUPPORT LIVE JAZZ!

[Marek Boym]

Jazz may not be "a popular culture anymore," but in Israel there is
much more jazz than there was even five or six years ago.  In the
mid-fifties, when I came to Israel, there was hardly any.

In the last few years there's been more and more OKOM ( to me, this is
synonymous with jazz, I won't say "and other styles of jazz, but so
called "other genres of jazz" are even more widely available).  In
additions to the three ols bands: the Isradixie Band, Good Time Jazz
(they share Jacques Sany) and the Stompers (the latter now play only
once-twice a year; last year, at their concert held in a Natanya
synagogue, the rabbi who emceed it announced that it was "the
absolutely last annual concert of Stan Ross"), ther are newer bands -
listmate Elazar's Dr. Jazz, which does not play regularly, and two
younger groups: the New Orleans Function and Swing de Gitanes. which
play a lot and usually attract younger audience.

So, at least here, the future seems no so bleak.
Cheers


On 18 November 2011 10:53, <jakpiano at bluewin.ch> wrote:
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> Hello to All,
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> This gentlemen who has created the "Grand Pianoramx" concept, says that "jazz is not  a popular culture anymore, this is evident".
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> Regards
> Jacques Covo
> Envoyé par mon BlackBerry Smartphone de Swisscom
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