[Dixielandjazz] viva la difference ( re Mildred Bailey-Spokesman Review)

[Pat Ladd]

In
other words, he'd rather hear bad starts, out of tune playing, bad notes,
poor solos, musicians playing who don't know their part in an ensemble, 
andterrible endings>

G`day Ross,

I think Bob is trailing his coat on this one. Of course that is not what the 
fan meant. Nor is it what he would ordinarily get from a `jam`.The 
perfection of a well drilled band is something we all appreciate but there 
is always the excitement of an unrehearsed group of COMPETENT` MUSICIANS 
pushing the edge of the envelope Of course they are not `unrehearsed` in the 
usual sense. They have probably played every tune in the book.hundreds of 
times and know them backwards.
If  it were not so that fans don`t mind the occasional imperfection no one 
would go to see any other than absolute top line bands. This is obviously 
not so or most bands would be out of business

Cheers

Pat