[Dixielandjazz] Marsalis New Year:

Marek Boym marekboym at gmail.com
Sun Jan 6 12:34:52 PST 2013


Thank you, Steve and Norman.
It's not the first time the link to the programme is given, but the
first time it is possible to listen.
Thank you, Steve, for advocating about 30 seconds of patience.
Cheers

On 6 January 2013 02:54, Norman Vickers <nvickers1 at cox.net> wrote:
> To:  Musicians and Jazzfans list
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> From: Steve Barbone via Norman Vickers
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> Here’s link to some great music—Wynton Marsalis, Vince Giordano and his
> nighthawks.  Approx  1/ 12 hrs.  Enjoy.
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> Thanks Steve.
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> From: Stephen G Barbone [mailto:barbonestreet at earthlink.net]
> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2013 6:36 PM
> To: Norman Vickers
> Subject: Marsalis New Year:
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> Dear Norm:
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> This may be of interest to jazz fans on your list.
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> For Five Nights at the end of December and on New Year Eve, Wynton Marsalis
> put on this show at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola, Lincoln Center, New York City.
> Crowds were SRO. And it wasn't a cheap show either. The big show on NYE
> included dinner, and was priced at $500. The early show, before the
> countdown was only $300.
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> It was the Louis Armstrong Continue-um.
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> Players included Wynton, Jon Erik Kellso, Andy Stein, Vince Giordano in a
> wonderful mix of traddies an moderns. In my ears it proved that the audience
> for this music is alive, well and will spend money to hear PROFESSIONALS
> bring something new to the party instead of copying what was done by others
> 70 years ago.
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> Forget the nonsense we hear about this music dying. It todays bands can't
> get an audience for it, they aren't doing it right
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> To hear what I'm talking about, go to:
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> http://www.npr.org/event/music/168482209/wynton-marsalis-and-vince-giordano-live-in-new-york?sc=ipad&f=124289519
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> The music starts about 35 seconds after the site comes up so hang in there.
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> Bless you Wynton for showcasing the music of Louis Armstrong - swinging the
> music and making it relevant to today's audiences.
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> Cheers,
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> Steve



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