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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=ES link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I was very pleased to read that Marek has credited my band with the “best rendition†of “Hindustan†he’s ever heard! I certainly take that as meaning a lot as we all know that Marek is an avid listener to both live and recorded Jazz.  And, he can be very critical! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Our latest CD (50<sup>th</sup> Anniversary) was recorded live over many different nights in many different places over a period of time, and then I selected the best songs for the CD.  So, what the buyer gets is what we sound like live.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The earlier CD (45<sup>th</sup> Anniversary) is also live, but has the best songs from our 4 other CDs, spanning a period from 1980 to 2010. Therefore, some songs have our previous sop sax player on it, and two different trumpeters. Perhaps not quite as “raw†a recording as the newer one. The rawness is what probably keeps the excitement present!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>In discussing another well-known band, no longer in existence, Marek and I agreed to not agree on much about the band. However, we did agree that the recordings had been “arranged†to the point of losing the excitement that the band should have had. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>We try not to be too arranged, and keep everything fresh as possible, even after all of these years. That way we don’t get bored, nor do our audiences!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Jim (Canal Street Jazz Band, Madrid)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>De:</b> Marek Boym [mailto:marekboym@gmail.com] <br><b>Enviado el:</b> domingo, 14 de mayo de 2017 13:16<br><b>Para:</b> Jim Kash <jim@kashprod.com><br><b>CC:</b> Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com><br><b>Asunto:</b> [Dixielandjazz] The Canal St. Jazz Band of Madrid<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>As I have already mentioned, I met listmate Jim Kashinian in Madrid, heard his band live and brought back two CDs - the band's 45th anniversary CD and its 50th anniversary one.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Both are very good, the 50th anniversary one being among the better contemporary CDs I have acquired over the last few years. It is wonderful! When "Hindustan" started, I felt that Jim's intro was worth the price of admission; by the end, I felt this was among the best renditions of that number I've ever heard!<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>