[LAU] ASCAP Assails Free-Culture, Digital-Rights Groups

[david]

Dave Phillips wrote:
> david wrote:
> 
>> I like traditional New Orleans jazz. I like some jazz performers, but 
>> think that most could be replaced with no one noticing.
> 
> When someone says "traditional New Orleans jazz", for me that means the 
> work of Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, et cetera, 
> *not* the later 'Dixieland' revival that henceforth defined "New Orleans 
> jazz" for most listeners (unfortunately).
> 
> It don't get better than Armstrong on "West End Blues" or Jelly Roll's 
> "King Porter Stomp". :)

You got that right!

Apart from that, one of the things I liked about being in New Orleans in 
the early 70's was how you could walk a block any direction in the 
French Quarter and find a different kind of music being performed.

-- 
David
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