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

[Marek Boym]

One year, in Bude, after hearing am old and tried (and very polished)
band, followed by the raw and ready Dave Donohoe Jazz Band, a lady
remrked how much more exciting the latter was.  At the time, I
preferred the other, more polished one, which had been together almost
since the beginning of time.  But I also recorded all the prceedings.
Now, after quite a few years over which I have been listening to both,
I tend to agree with that unknown (and very pretty) lady.
Cheers

On 25 April 2012 11:48, Pat Ladd <pj.ladd at btinternet.com> wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
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