[Dixielandjazz] Dixielandjazz Digest, Vol 191, Issue 25

[Marek Boym]

The right way to do it!
Cheers

On Fri, 23 Nov 2018 at 22:14, Tito Martino <titomartino at gmail.com> wrote:

> Marek, our Traditional Jazz (OKOM) to survive must be played where young
> people meet (....to dance, for ex.).
> Here in São Paulo new young bands of OKOM are being formed just to play
> for young lindy-hop dancers.
> They even play Sundays, busking  at great central avenues closed to
> trafic, for people to walk around.  And dance!
> keep on swinging!
> Tito
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>> True to my slogan, last Sunday night I went to hear Eli and the Chocolate
>> Factory in Tel-Aviv.  I came early in order to find a good seat, only to
>> find out there weren't any!  The room was prepared for dancers, not
>> listeners (eventually, they brought me a chair to sit by (not at) the bar,
>> at the back of the hall which became a big dancing floor.  I do not
>> remember who it was (probably Buddy Tate) who said that "dancers put soul
>> in the music," but that night it indeed was so.  I do not remember the
>> band
>> sounding as good as that night!  Wow!  and the dancers were just all over
>> the floor, whether the dances were fast or slow.  The band played lots of
>> traditional standards, but also swing standards and Ellingtonia.  The band
>> was very impressive in slow numbers, the two moody Ellington pieces - Mood
>> Indigo  and - I believe (not sure) the Mooch being really outstanding.
>> The
>> sound was first class - not too loud, but clearly heard in the whole room.
>> And the DJ played swing numbers before the band started and during the
>> intermission; the dancers, by the way, didn't mind whether music was live
>> or recorded - they just kept dancing!  And made me feel so old - there
>> might have been two not young enough to be my grandchildren!
>> Swing dancing seems to be where bands should play.  While festivals are
>> fading away due to ageing and dwindling audience, the kids are to dance to
>> the sounds of good music (I have already mentioned this more than once
>> over
>> the years, as did Steve Barbone.  Most of the dancers will probably not
>> become jazz fans, but some might (isn't this the same story as the great
>> West Coast revival - dancers coming to dance to traditional jazz?).
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