Author: Fuzzy
Date: 2017-10-25 23:48
Seabreeze,
I know you said that you're more "Berkley" than New Orleans in style preference now, but did you ever perform in the New Orleans jazz scene?
When I was growing up - we didn't travel much, so my live jazz exposure was limited to Chuck Mangione, Buddy Rich (several times), and perhaps Doc Severinsen - the folks who'd tour within three or four hours of us.
Honestly, I thought they were good because I was told they were good - not due to any understanding of my own. I wish I could re-experience those performances now.
My high school instructor did order in some "dixie charts" though - and we put a little band together with kids of various resolve. It was always popular with the crowds. We'd play at ground-breaking ceremonies, public events, and school concerts/competitions. It was fun, but it was just reading. Copenhagen, Struttin' with Some Barbecue, etc. (I believe they were all part of the Hal Leonard Dixieland Combo Pak series, arr by Paul Severson). Still, it was nice to have a director who encouraged the endeavor. The only supportive voice I found along all of my paths in academia.
Fuzzy
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