[Dixielandjazz] Jazz history - was New Orleans Jazz Bands

[Anton Crouch]

Hello John

I'm a member of U3A here in Sydney and last year I too gave a course on 
jazz history. It was for 2 hours per week, for 6 weeks and I covered the 
period 1909 to 1934.

My approach involved no geographic or ethnic assumptions and I even 
chose the path of the fool and not quite rushed-in where angels fear to 
tread. Yes, I asked the question "what is jazz?" I started by comparing 
two recorded versions of High Society (Prince's Band from 1911 and King 
Oliver from 1923). All the class agreed on what was jazz and what wasn't.

And, yes, we did hear "Come on and stomp, stomp, stomp"  :-)

All the best,
Anton

On 9/05/2012 08:49, John Petters wrote (in part):
>
> I was asked to do a talk to the University of the 3rd Age last year
> about early jazz.  Impossible in 90 minutes. So I chose early New
> Orleans Jazz from 1917 - 1930 - Black / Creole jazz.
>
> The starting point was the ODJB merely to pin point the 1st jazz recording.