The Discussions
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Monday January 15, 2024 at 18:47:05
| Band Dress Code | Are some jazz musicians too 'scruffy'? |
| Mystery Banjo Player | Who do you think it is? |
| Doreen Ketchens | Do you like her growling technique on clarinet? |
| The Best Jazz CD I ever bought | What would your choice be? |
| Doolally Tap video | Disrespectful, irreverent, ignorance, or just having a laugh? |
| What Makes a Good Jazz Club | Malcolm's Observations |
| Keswick Jazz Festival | Is the festival about to end? What went wrong? |
| Nostalgia | From Dick Barton to Clog Dancers |
| Trouble at t'mill | Blowing up a storm at Dove Jazz Festival |
| Oh to be in France | How musicians can expect to be treated there. |
| Time to Sit Back | When should musicians take a back seat? |
| Manchester Jazz Festival | Are the organisers biased? |
| Upbeat - The Doom & Gloom antidote | For those who feel OKOM is on the up and up |
| Doom & Gloom Pt 6 | Telegraph - recommendations for outstanding music |
| Silence Please | A jazz arrangement of John Cage's 4'13" wanted |
| Jazz 625 | A TV Programme that raised a few debates |
| Modernists versus Traditionalists | Do they appreciate how complicated 'our' music can be |
| Jazz is dead! | Discussions on a radio programme of the same name |
| The name "Jazz" | When did it first appear on the UK mainland? |
| Off-Putting singers in trad bands | The modern trend of trad bands to sing every other number |
| Dancing On The Edge | How accurate was this TV programme? |
| Doom & Gloom | Is there a future for traditional jazz? |
| Doom and Gloom Part 5 | Is lunchtime jazz the wrong way to go |
| St James' Infirmary | Where did it originate? You may be surprised |
| Mutes & All | The why's and wherefores of its origin |
| Horst Kitzinfangel |
Musician Par Excellence. But who's heard of him? |
| Jelly Roll Morton | Who plays his repertoire? |
| Jazz & The Beatles | Friends or Enemies or was it just a question of time |
| What has Baby Dodds ever done for me? | - Drumsticks at dawn as Moe Green starts another discussion |
| Learn to play Trad Jazz clarinet | - The easy way with Bunty Arkright |
| Playing the wrong notes | - Musicians, fed up with playing the mundane for "cretins" ! |
| Encores | - Are they for real or a ritual? |
| Musician's Expenses | - Should door charges be increased to cover petrol increases |
| All Stars |
- Where did the name come from? Was Louis the first to use it? |
| Amplified versus Acoustic |
- Is there a need for amplifiers these days? |
| What makes a good band | - A discussion page for the listener |
| Jazz Services |
- Do they help us? |
| Key Changes | - What key do we play this in? A discussion on keys |
| Mouthpieces |
- They ain't much but they make a heck of a difference |
| Public Liability, Risk Assessment | - What does the MU offer? Is it worth the money? |
| Right kind of jazz? | - Mart Rodger raises a controversial question |
| Skiffle | - Where does it fit into jazz? |
| Speaking the Unspeakable | - One man's gripe about pay, and What to expect in France |
| Western Music |
- Is jazz the only original music to come out of America? |
| Chord Books |
- The big, the bad and the ugly, your views |