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son-of-sam · High C Joined: 13 Aug 2005 Posts: 68

What's your favorite style of jazz?

OLDLOU · Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 8:37 pm Post subject: your survey

What happened to New Orleans, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Chicage forms of Dixieland Jazz,these are true JAZZZZZZ.

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Brassmouth · TrumpetChat Moderator Joined: 13 Aug 2005 Posts: 58

Big band's my favorite. Although swing is a close second.
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grumpie38 · Low C Joined: 15 Sep 2005 Posts: 4

I agree with Old Lou. Maybe it's just my age but when I was younger I thought of Dixieland as corny and not very inventive. I used to think that guys like Dizzy and Maynard, and big bands like Stan Kenton was where it was at. Lately however I've come to realize that guys like Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, and Bobby Hackett played great jazz, and they didn't have to play quadruple high C's to impress everyone.