[Dixielandjazz] Disavowing our roots

[Anton Crouch]

Hello all

I agree with Brian Harvey on this issue and think that Bill Sharp is a 
touch unreasonable. Why?

1. Those who now play OKOM are not "historians" in any sense that a 
scholar would use the word. "Re-enactment" is useful and brings out the 
element of cultural preservation. Re-enactment illuminates the facts of 
history but it is not, in itself, history.

2. "Laws", as Bill shows, are actually  by-laws or a charter and depend 
on interpretation of phrases such as "Dixieland Jazz Music". Think of 
all the fun and games we've had on DJML with the interpretation of such 
phrases.

3. Brian argues for an evolutionary approach - note his use of the word 
"diversity".

4. What do people have against Cajun? :-) Musicologically it is of 
interest to jazz enthusiasts - remember that it started as 
French/African dance music in Louisiana. Does this origin sound familiar?

5. Louis Armstrong and yodeling - right-on. Remember /Blue yodel number 
9/, Los Angeles, 16 July 1930. OK - I'm joking, but you get the idea.

All the best,
Anton

On 15/01/2013 08:15, ♫ Sharp Bill - - B# ♫ wrote (in part):
> Brian,
>   so, after pulling my head out of the sand, and removing the blinders, you are obviously saying that we should now diversify and bring cajun, rock and roll, be-bop and perhaps even rap into our midst so as to survive.  If  King Oliver, Jelly Roll Norton and Louis Armstrong were alive today that is what they would be doing, in order to propagate diversity. Perhaps Louie, to truly diversify,  would include yodeling.    In that case throw out what has been called Our Kind Of Music, as there would no longer be such a thing.