[Dixielandjazz] Touring (Off topic, I guess)

[Bert Brandsma]

Touring is great, although it is something special that can take a kind of toll on you and your family.
Good to read that the Kenton band still does have them. I just discovered yesterday that the Ellington band did a big international tour recently in countries like Russia and that corner of the world.Last Friday I finished a 3 week tour with the Big Chris Barber band that brought us to Austria, Germany, Switserland, Belgium and Holland.Happily for me the largest part was in Holland where I happen to live, so I could go home several days and see my kids during daytime.
The great thing about the Barber band is that it does almost only theater concerts. Several last Oktober had more than 2000 people in the audience. Just a fantastic experience!
kind regards,
Bert

> From: vaxtrpts at aol.com
> Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 15:57:09 -0400
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Touring (Off topic, I guess)
> CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> To: mister_bertje at hotmail.com
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>  I truely feel that any band that does touring and reaches new audiences for ANY kind of jazz music is important to all who love jazz, no matter what the era or style of the music that is played.  So with that I will again mention the Stan Kenton Alumni Band Tour in the East that just ended a week ago.  
> We played 12 concerts in 14 days, in 11 different cities in 6 states plus Washington DC.  We performed for over 4000 people.  We reached 46 high schools and colleges in clinic and festival situations.  We traveled over 3000 miles on the bus.  (Not including flying in the musicians from all over the USA to start the tour in Ohio.)  Of the 20 people in our big band, 8 have performed at traditional jazz festivals.  In our workshops with the young musicians we always talk about the history of jazz music and how important it is for them to go back the the beginnings of the music to learn how to play it properly.
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> Mike Vax
> Friends of Big Band Jazz, Prescott Jazz Summit, 
> Stan Kenton Alumni Band
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