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[Marek Boym]

Hello Tony,
The answer is "yes - and no."  I mean, the band still plays the traditional
numbers it did in the 1950's and 1960's, but it played neither "Alexander's
Ragtime Band" nor "Tears."  I have several DSCB Lps (and a few CDs), but
none of them features those numbers.
I have one "Society Syncopators"  from 1996, but you are not on it.
The current band is much more swing oriented than the earlier one;
strangely, it started with swing in 1945, evolved into one of the best
European traditional bands, and then went back to swing without abandoning
Dixieland.  A wonderful band.
Cheers,
Marek

On 23 June 2018 at 02:43, Tony Orr <orr.tony at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, Marek
> thank you for the account of the concert. It is great that they are still
> playing and touring.
> The Dutch Swing College were in Melbourne early 1980s and we managed to
> catch up with some of the guys. I was playing with the Society Syncopators
> then and styles were similar.
> I do hope the DSC still has some of their 1950s repertoire going and can
> achieve the sound they had then. It was such a hot band. One of my
> favourite 78RPMs is the DSC playing "Tears" and "Alexanders Ragtime Band".
> Two trumpets, banjo and, alternating between brass and string bass on
> either side.
>
> Of course, it is all on YouTube now
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24MY1twuGE0
>
> cheers
>
> Tony Orr
> Creole Bells/ Louisiana Shakers
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 8:38 AM, Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> In my last posting I mentioned leaving soon for the DSC Band concert in
>> Tel-Aviv.  Now I'm back and trying to give a short description.  The
>> concert was labelled "Tribute to Benny Goodman;" hence, other than the
>> theme - Way Down Yonder -  it consisted of Benny Goodman standards, such as
>> "Moonglow," After You've Gone," "Stomping at the Savoy," and the inevitable
>> "Sing Sing Sing" (well played, but I am not too keen on long drum solos).
>> Playing was great, as it has been with that band for the last 73 years.
>> Unfortunately, this time the band was pianoless, and the piano was
>> definitely missing, in particular on the quartet numbers.  On the other
>> hand, the two clarinet players (the young David Lukács and the veteran  Bob
>> Kaper who joined the band in 1966 and has been the leader since 1990), with
>> different styles and sound, were definitely an asset and provided variety;
>> none, by the way, quite emulated the BG sound.
>> An excellent show.  But there was one snag: The ticket was 199 shekels
>> (about 55 dollars) was bit stiff for an hour long concert.
>> Cheers
>>
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