[Tradjazz] Hello again

[Bud Black]

Wasn't it Satchmo who replied to a woman who had just asked him what jazz
was..."If you gotta ask, you'll never know."

Bud Black 
 
-------Original Message-------
 
From: William P. Taggart
Date: 09/08/06 10:22:39
To: tradjazz at list.okom.com
Subject: Re: [Tradjazz] Hello again
 
Bill,
 
Well said by an ancient "Bill"....   :-)
 
This is my belief too... who cares what we call it, as long as we keep the
faith.
 
ATB,  Bill
 




From: Bill Barnes [mailto:cleanhead77 at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 9:50 AM
To: tradjazz at list.okom.com
Subject: Re: [Tradjazz] Hello again


" A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
                                  Bill Barnes - gotta use my English Major
sometimes -
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Bruce McNichols 
To: tradjazz at list.okom.com 
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 8:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Tradjazz] Hello again


George,
 
Always nice to hear from you, and to hear your take on this never-ending
discussion.  I pretty much agree with what you say.
 
As for New Orleans Jazz being "Traditional Jazz," I guess that it is.   If
Traditional Jazz means "old-time jazz" (which I guess it does) then yes.  On
the other hand, what is "old-time Jazz?"
 
Sheesh.  When will I learn to keep my big mouth shut?
 
McN
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: GeoHunt1 at aol.com 
To: tradjazz at list.okom.com 
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Tradjazz] Hello again


Hi Bruce:

You are right, everyone who becomes a jazz fan, before long becomes
opinionated.  Trad Jazz?  Traditional Jazz?  To everyone on the Board of our
jazz club, the Tri-State Jazz Society, Trad Jazz means something different;
and we are all supposed to be jazz experts. 

Here is my definition of "Traditional Jazz": Jazz evolved in New Orleans,
and was first identifiable as played by Buddy Bolden's New Orleans band
sometime between 1900 and 1905. That style of music, as played in New
Orleans between 1905 and 1917 (and, of course it has been played there and
everyplace else since then) is called "New Orleans Jazz".  Because of World
War I and the associated closing of the Storyville New Orleans red light
district, most of the musicians playing that style of music moved out of New
Orleans, many - because of the availability of jobs - moved to Chicago. 
Young Chicago musicians, upon hearing New Orleans Jazz, started playing
their variation of it; and that is called "Chicago Jazz".  Any New Orleans
Jazz or Chicago Jazz is called Dixieland Jazz.

I wrote all that to explain what "Traditional Jazz" is, and the answer is, 
I'll be damned if I know".

What I was leading up to was going to define "Traditional Jazz" as the same
as "New Orleans Jazz", and that doesn't sound right, does it?
I give up. 

How are you doing, Bruce?

George Hunt 



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