[Dixielandjazz] JRM & Marsalis

[Stephen G Barbone]

On Jan 1, 2012, at 2:56 PM, dixielandjazz-request at ml.islandnet.com  
wrote:

> "Robert Ringwald" <rsr at ringwald.com> wrote (polite snip about  
> Marsalis)
>
>
> If that is true, then he is doing a great diservice to Jazz by  
> releasing inferior examples of early Jazz.

Dear Bob:

If you still; stand by that statement, over 90% of the CDs current  
OKOM bands release should be destroyed as they do a much greater  
disservice to Jazz  by releasing far more inferior examples of early  
jazz  than anything Marsalis has released.

BTW, regarding your assertion that it slows down noticeably, I put a  
metronome on it and the time at 4 minutes and 13 seconds is just about  
the same as the time at the beginning.

As part of your "inferior" thesis,  you complain that the Marsalis  
version noticeably slows down. I think you might be confused as to  
which is the original JRM record. In the original by JRM  the time  
slows down quite. noticeably, starting right after the intro.

According to your judgement JRM therefore did a disservice to early  
jazz.

To refresh your memory, here is the ORIGINAL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LFUDfcqHrk

Cheers
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband