[Dixielandjazz] Revivalist bands (was Tuba Skinny)

[Marek Boym]

Whether we like the idea or not, all the bands we hear nowadays a
"revivalist bands" - the original traditional and swing musicians are long
gone, at least - for the most part.  Only "revivalists" play OKOM.
Tuba Skinny has a fine band, but there are plenty of other good bands
around the world, some - slavish copyists (intentionally, too, and not
ashamed to admit it), others - flowing, hard swinging and full of original
ideas.  If we want to limit ourselves to non-revivalist bands only, we
should restrict our listening to  old records, and perhaps avoid recordings
in which older musicians played with younger ones (Hackett with Wilber,
Jack Teagarden with Kenny Davern, Art Hodes with Jimmy Galloway, etc.).
Cheers

On 1 February 2015 at 07:09, Charles Suhor <csuhor at zebra.net> wrote:

> You-all might be way ahead of me on this, but last year I came across the
> N.O. band Tuba Skinny, and I really like them. Their CD, OWL CALL BLUES,
> was named Best Traditional Jazz Release of the year by OFFBEAT magazine. I
> especially enjoyed the cornetist Shayne Cohn and vocalist/bass drummer
> Erika Lewis.  I don’t like most revivalist bands, but TS has a fresh
> approach to repertoire (like "Frisco Bound" on the link below), they do
> good head arrangements, and their solos aren’t stereotyped.




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