[Dixielandjazz] Saturday - some thoughts

[Larry Garrett]

I'm with my clarinet pal Dave on this one.  The venue and audience dictate the apparel.  
The Loose Marbles are probably better suited to whatever they woke up in for their audience.  It's funky and it fits.    But playing gigs in New Orleans in certain venues and in Kansas City, I opt for a classier dress code.  When I show up at Fritzel's on Bourbon St. they'll probably let me play in anything, but I feel more comfortable in a tie since that's what they're wearing.  Mr. Jones and Mr. Laughlin, Tom Fischer, Gerald French, Richard Scott, etc.---they show up classy.  And Lynn Zimmer and the groups in K.C. do the same.
Just sayin.


KC Clarinet



-----Original Message-----
From: David Washburn <tootn4u at gmail.com>
To: Larry Garrett <lrg4003 at aol.com>
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tue, Jan 29, 2013 5:21 pm
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Saturday - some thoughts


I, for one, agree.  I play in a couple of groups in which the guys show up
in jeans and tee shirts.   When I front the group, however, I always ask my
client what will be the appropriate attire. And even if it is casual, I
like the band to look sharp.
 Just my opinion,
Dave in Dallas
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 4:56 PM, <vaxtrpts at aol.com> wrote:

>
>  I enjoyed LISTENING to the videos of Clint's band.  But it would be
> interesting to see want others of you think about the LOOK of the video.
> I come from 50 years in the music business and truly lament the fact that
> musicians these days, come to the gig looking like they are sitting at home
> watching TV or sometimes worse, like they should be working in the garden.
> (Not so much the later in these videos.)
> I have a theory that to be a musician on stage or in another realm, a
> teacher infront of a class, you should look like you mean business and
> respect yourself, the music (or subject) and the audience (or students).  I
> think that a big part of the problem with deportment and lack of respect in
> our schools today is that the teachers look exactly like the students.
>  Other then on the "special Friday's" at Peggy's school - where the
> teachers wore Levi's and the school golf type shirt with the logo on it -
> Peggy always looked very nice when she went to school for those 32 years
> before she retired.  Her students treated her with more respect than other
> classes I saw where the teachers were wearing t-shirts and Levi's all the
> time.
> I truly believe the same goes for music.  When my band plays, the least we
> wear are sport coats, nice shirts and slacks.  Sometimes we wear suits and
> ties.  I even like the look of many of the bands that used to be on the
> trad jazz circuit who work nice slacks and golf-type shirts with the band
> name on them.
>  I remember a review by the wonderful Jon Hendricks in the San Francisco
> Examiner of my big band when we first started, back in 1973.  (I'm sure you
> all know Jon as a very influential jazz vocalist, but he also did many
> reviews for the Examiner many years ago.)  He loved the band and the music,
> but he put us down for not "looking" the part of an important (or striving
> to be important) big band, and talked about how great the bands looked
> during the big band era.  HE WAS RIGHT.  And I never forgot that.  Since
> that time, I have never walked on stage, not looking like I "meant
> business."  Is it just me, or do others feel the same way?
>
>
>
> Mike Vax
> Friends of Big Band Jazz, Prescott Jazz Summit,
> Stan Kenton Alumni Band
> www.mikevax.net
> www.bigbandjazz.net
> www.prescottjazz.com
> www.getzen.com
>
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