<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 1/9/03 7:48:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, rvthompson@earthlink.net writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">The author speculates they were called "jazz bands" probably because the<BR>
original kazoo bands, apparently going as far back as 1908, lacked<BR>
uniforms and were "ragged and undisciplined," hence "jazzy," the "y"<BR>
being later dropped. (Of course, none of today's jazz bands could be<BR>
called "ragged and undisciplined." Could they?) <BR>
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Anyone ever heard of these "carnival jazz [kazoo] bands" and their<BR>
repertoires? <BR>
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Bert Thompson<BR>
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I hear that Rule Britanica was a favorate. The northern bands liked "Scotland, the Brave". I'll bet the combo kazoo-bagpipe bands were a real blast.<BR>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SCRIPT" FACE="Comic Sans MS" LANG="0">Bud Taylor<BR>
<B>Smugtown Stompers</B><BR>
Rochester, NY<BR>
Traditional Jazz since 1958</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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