Re: On Nick Larocca adn the ODJB

Posted by Don Mopsick on March 12, 2001 at 02:54:22:

In Reply to: Re: On Nick Larocca adn the ODJB posted by Jim Beebe on March 06, 2001 at 01:37:58:

My impression from listening to the records and reading what various authors have to say on this subject is that:

1. the ODJB represents an important window on the past since they were a New Orleans group whose compositions and playing mirrored performance practices common in New Orleans of that period.

2. the ODJB had a much looser "jazz" rhythmic feel than the much stiffer "ragtime" feel of the James Reese Europe band touted in the Burns series. Again, it follows naturally that during that period, it was much more important whether a band was from New Orleans or not than what race they were.

Don Mopsick