[Dixielandjazz] Sweet Georgia Brown

[Pat Ladd]

Hi Bill,

It has never really struck me so forcibly before how steeped we are in our 
OWN kind of music.  The change of idiom between the violin and guitar 
section and the Marsalis led section in the Sweet Georgia clip brought it 
into focus..

I was talking to the drummer in a very highly skilled but modernish quartet 
recently. When I said that I played dixieland drums he said `I can`t play 
that stuff I like it and I have tried but there is so much background, 
clichés and accepted riffs that I am not aware of.` this from a guy who had 
produced some beautiful breaks.  I realised then that even had I been as 
technically gifted as that drummer I could not have played his breaks, it 
would just not have occurred to me to phrase things as he did.
I think perhaps this is the same with the Marsalis clip. Louis COULD have 
played those notes but he WOULD NOT because it would not have occurred to 
him to play them that way.

Perhaps we should just accept that there are different strokes.

I still dont like it though

Pat

In professorial mode.