[Dixielandjazz] Jazz Standards & more

[Jim Kashishian]

Charlie wrote:
>And after all that (speaking about a type of free jazz), it was great to go
home and hear a few tracks of the Bobcats or Sonny Rollins.

I used to feel the same in during the whole year of 1992 when I worked on a
project of 22 CD's of Contemporary music (editing/assembling/mastering).  I
would go out at nights for my jazz gigs & feel "back at home".   :>

Charlie also wrote:
>The thing about such performances (and most avant garde jazz, to me) is
that the enjoyment is strictly in being there when the living creative event
is unfolding. 

But, that is what we all get during a performance of our own kind of music,
is it not?  The interreaction between musicians in the ensemble and during
solos (between the soloist & the rhythm section) is a living creation even
if the song is based on a standard setup.  If that creativity is not kept
alive in a band, then it becomes boring for both the band & the audience,
and just becomes "another gig".

Jim