"Dixieland" Ornette

[JSngry]

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Monday May 17 2004  8:00P

Dixieland Digs Ornette

Phil Schaap, host

Hear the music of Ornette Coleman--the originator of "Free Jazz" whose work was noted for its insistent focus on simultaneous improvisation.

The traditional Dixieland jazz band features (tentative lineup): E. Dankworth, trumpet; Roswell Rudd, trombone; Ken Peplowski, saxophone/clarinet; Kenny Davern clarinet | Randy Sandke trumpet | Wycliffe Gordon tuba Greg Cohen, bass and others

129 West 67th Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam)

Merkin Concert Hall

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Edited May 16, 2004 by JSngry

[Dmitry]

Yep,

I've had that announcement on the wall in my so-called private office for more than a month now. Guess I'm going.

Will write an amateur review after I come back.

Along with some amateur photos.

[jlhoots]

E. Dankworth is Wynton Marsalis - right??

Still an interesting lineup.

Will be interested in how it goes.

[Pete C]

I'll be interested in the reactions, but my feeling when I heard about this was that I couldn't think of anything more ridiculous.

[Christiern]

Ridiculous is not the word, Pete.

I received the same PR release, obviously written by someone who could use a course in jazz history. Some should, for example, tell him why Roswell Rudd playing traditional jazz is not odd.

[JSngry]

Some should, for example, tell him why Roswell Rudd playing traditional jazz is not odd.

For that matter, Kenny Davern playing Ornette isn't too far of a stretch either.

In fact, there's not a true "Dixielander" in the entire bunch!

[Dmitry]

Boy, you guys are jaded...

Perhaps The traditional Dixieland jazz band means the instrumentation, not the personel..

[Claude]

Why does Wynton appear under a pseudonym?

Will the audience get their money back when they recognize him on stage?

[Simon Weil]

I think E. Dankworth is some kind of an in-joke for Marsalis - like some sort of archetypal something or other he thought up to amuse himself. He's used it before.

This is his "sense of humour".

Simon Weil

[Christiern]

This is his [Wynton's] "sense of humour".

So was Big Train, wasn't it?

[JSngry]

Boy, you guys are jaded...

Perhaps The traditional Dixieland jazz band means the instrumentation, not the personel..

Oh, it looks to be a potentially very interesting gig, w/or w/o Suire Dankworth.

I'd pay just to hear Rudd & Davern play together.

[Simon Weil]

This is his [Wynton's] "sense of humour".

So was Big Train, wasn't it?

Yeah, it's all part of his wooden "lightening up" thing .

Simon Weil

[Man with the Golden Arm]

Begs the question, Groucho: "what's a Dankworth?"

[Pete C]

I think E. Dankworth is some kind of an in-joke for Marsalis -

Maybe he lusts after Cleo Laine.

[Dmitry]

I can't fathom what the music'll sound like tomorrow.

Ornette must've played some dixie in his New Orleans days for sure.

[JSngry]

Ornette must've played some dixie in his New Orleans days for sure.

Possibly, but more likely it was R&B. New Orleans was a hotbed of R&B activity in those days, and "Dixieland", at least as a commercial music, was viewed by most of the younger locals as old-fashioned.

[Christiern]

"Dixie" and traditional New Orleans jazz are not one and the same.

I hope, for the audience's sake, that Wynton does not overdo the growls, as is his wont.