Imagine what it must have been like at the Clover Theater, the Savoy, Lux, or the Palace; jazz clubs and dance halls of a bygone era when Filipinos fell in love with jazz music the Americans brought over to the islands. Know more:
Imagine what it must have been like at the Clover Theater, the Savoy, Lux, or the Palace; jazz clubs and dance halls of a bygone era when Filipinos fell in love with jazz music the Americans brought over to the islands.
“Rick, that’s Dixieland jazz,” said the swinging joint’s owner Nelson Gonzales when I reserved a seta for the night. After all Dixieland jazz is not for everyone. In performing classics, I love how each of the members of the band found spaces to showcase their skill and talent in places where there were originally vocals such as Louis Armstrong’s “Basin Street Blues” that in addition to Satchmo’s expressive trumpet features his gravelly voice.
“On a quick glance of the charts when we first played it during our first rehearsal because somebody was looking for a ’New Orleans/Dixieland band’, we had this awakening that even if you have a firm grasp of modern jazz, the traditional version is not any easier. There had to be an understanding of what it should sound. And that was what we lacked and admittedly continue to lack although it has gotten better based on the performances we’ve had.
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