[Dixielandjazz] RV: RV: screw the changes

[jim at kashprod.com]

Marek wrote:

>Not quite, Jim, not quite.  Turk Murphy certainly wouldn't have played anything "free," but he said that after a few numbers for the audience, his band played something for the band's enjoyment, always traditional.

 

Agreed!  And, as I mentioned, we always try to toss in a tune or two for our own enjoyment, or in the hopes that the audience might become a bit more educated in our type of Jazz.  But, having said that, we also enjoy the so called “fun” tunes, as that’s what it’s all about…..seeing the audience enjoy themselves.  

 

Marek continued:

>"Free" means no rules; that must end in cacophony.

And, I precisely stated that the real fun of the bit of time I might have spent in the “free zone” was that it ENDED in the magic of coming back to the original tune.  So, there was actually an end, and the end wasn’t cacophony but a tremendous feeling of being back together again.  That was the real fun of the earlier sort of “floating” feeling I got from the free part.  There was also moments during the free time that there might be a coming together of one other member in the band, a sort of “talking together” that was very enjoyable.  You have to be a part of it, possibly, to feel the enjoyment.   And, the fact that it felt almost miraculous that it could all happen without anyone in the band actually giving the sign that this was the moment to get back to the swinging bit.  Granted, this was a band that I was already over my head in as far as general talent (late 1960’s), and there may have been a lot going on that I wasn’t aware of.  I was certainly aware of the fun of it all! 

 

As always, my good friend, 

 

Kenaz,  Jim

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