<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Hello Tony,<br></div>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.<br></div>I have one "Society Syncopators" from 1996, but you are not on it.<br></div>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.<br></div>Cheers,<br></div>Marek<br><div><div><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 23 June 2018 at 02:43, Tony Orr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:orr.tony@gmail.com" target="_blank">orr.tony@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hi, Marek</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">thank you for the account of the concert. It is great that they are still playing and touring. <br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">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.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">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.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Of course, it is all on YouTube now</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24MY1twuGE0" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr>v=24MY1twuGE0</a></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">cheers</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Tony Orr</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Creole Bells/ Louisiana Shakers</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> <br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> <br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 8:38 AM, Marek Boym <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marekboym@gmail.com" target="_blank">marekboym@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>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).<br></div>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.<br></div>An excellent show. But there was one snag: The ticket was 199 shekels (about 55 dollars) was bit stiff for an hour long concert.<br></div>Cheers<br></div>
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