[Dixielandjazz] N.O

[Marek Boym]

Must have been long ago, Pat.
When I was there in 1980, there was some jazz on Bourbon St., but not very
much, and some of it pretty dire.  But the oldtimers were still at
Preservation Hall, and I could still catch some pretty good stuff.
Cheers

On 11 May 2015 at 11:52, Patrick Ladd <patrickjladd at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks everyone who sent details of music in NO. I have passed it all on.
> Makes me a little sad that I shall never go there again myself. I remember
> my first visit more years ago than I like to remember. There was jazz in
> every bar down Bourbon Street, no rock n roll, and kids were buck and
> wingin` in the street.
> I remember that a friend and I walked into  bar just as the band were
> having a break, leaving only the piano player. My mate, who had a good
> voice and played good chord guitar wandered onto the stage and asked if the
> pianist knew a particular number. Its an old Bessie Smith number, explained
> Bill. Sing it, said the pianist. Bill began to hum it, the pianist picked
> it up and Bill began to sing.The rest was like a bad `B` movie. The band
> wandered back on stage one by one, picking up their instruments and
> joining  in. The leader came on,picked up his trumpet and the whole band
> with Bill in full voice played the whole thing out,
> The leader went to the mic. and said `We play this stuff all the time and
> then we get a bloody Limey come in and  show us how to sing the blues. The
> whole place, including the band gave Bill a standing ovation.
> Bill is dead now but I think that moment was the musical highlight of his
> life. I miss him
>
> Pat
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