[Dixielandjazz] Fwd: view the preservation hall jazz band on utube over an hour long (Jazzman joe)

[Gary Lawrence Murphy]

as a leader of a band of kids who don't get any opportunity to view much of
any kind of not-pop music in their surroundings, I am insisting they watch
this concert. I won't have to twist any arms once they see the start of it:
the musicianship is excellent, you can diss them if you like, but I would
not kick them out of any band, and their decorum and presentation are to be
emulated, and that drummer is amazing.  No, this isn't King Oliver, but to
a student watching it is every bit as inspiring as the Wynton Marsalis
new-years-eve show, maybe more so because it doesn't give the impression
you have to be rich to play this stuff.  They are informal, friendly,
street-worthy, and that, according to Louis Armstrong, is how it was back
in the beginning, and that's good enough for me.

what I do wish was on video though is that concert the Armstrong museum
just gave for 500 school children.  My teens will watch just about
anything, but the junior kids really could do with seeing other junior kids
in a sea of OKOM fans.

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Rick Campbell <ricksax at comcast.net> wrote:

> RE: Fwd: view the preservation hall jazz band on utube  over an hour long
> (Jazzman joe)
>
> As a student of New Orleans history and musical traditions, I have always
> felt that those of us who were Puritanical Yankees could never quite grasp
> what NOLA was all about, even though we feel the music and love to play our
> versions of it. After viewing this video, I am even more convinced. In most
> parts of the world where early jazz is still played, this Preservation Hall
> contingent would be considered a charming and authentic but mediocre group.
>
> Here I am, dedicated to keeping the clarinet in jazz, and those cats show
> up with two saxophones! Disappointing, but if I really cared, I would move
> to NOLA like Chris Tyle did, or Dave Ruffner, I suppose, although I can
> never be Johnny Dodds or George Lewis, and live their rough lives.
>
> But, would I show this video to young students as an example of what New
> Orleans jazz should be? Probably not. I would rather have them listen to
> King Oliver or the Hot Five or the Red Hot Peppers. And there were perhaps
> a hundred later recording bands who brought the music to a much higher
> level of artistry, and a great many who do it better today.
>
> Rick Campbell
> Portland, Oregon USA
> 503-701-7356
> ricksax at comcast.net
>
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