[Dixielandjazz] The Alan Lomax Collection goes digital

[Stephen G Barbone]

Per an article in today's NY Times, The Alan Lomax archive of 5000  
hours of sound recordings, 400,000 feet of film, 3000 videotapes, 5000  
photographs and piles of manuscripts. Should be ready for streaming by  
the end of February.

As many of us know, Lomax was an archivist of "traditional" US MUSIC,  
folk music that did include some jazz.

To see/hear some of his work, visit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouAVXSHhHuY&list=UUInpAOuv6nqdf6EheU4Wfjg&index=26&feature=plcp

Once there, it will stream to the next 138 videos if you hit the "Play  
all" button to the bottom right of the video picture.

Or go to:  http://www.youtube.com/user/AlanLomaxArchive. There are 138  
videos there, from The Dirty Dozen Brass Band to Preservation Hall.  
Starting with Canray Fontenit and his violin. It will strem to the  
next videoNapolian Strickland and his Diddley Bow.

Or, if you want to hear an OKOM tune, hear Sam Chatmon's story of  
Corrina visit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouAVXSHhHuY&list=UUInpAOuv6nqdf6EheU4Wfjg&index=26&feature=plcp

Lots of wonderful stuff o/n these sites if you are into how this music  
got started.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband