On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 4:17 PM DZDub <jdubikins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 3:17 PM Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On 4/9/2021 10:14 AM, DZDub wrote:
>> >> I hesitate to say I'd prefer it to Iowa, but Joel is listening again.
>> >>
>> > Meh. You're good with me.
>>
>> That's good! The only thing that ever made me think about visiting was
>> the Bix Beiderbecke festival I saw parts of on
>> PBS, years ago. But much of the attraction was that it was held at the
>> bandshell in LeClaire Park, right on the river.
>> Now it's held in a casino in N. Davenport. As you say, Meh.
>>
>> Claire In Et Moose
>>
>
> I've never been. I didn't get interested in that kind of jazz until the
> last ten years or so. It has possibly been displaced to a degree by the
> Iowa City Jazz Festival, which is serendipitous fun because unknown bands
> can steal the festival. It's also eclectic, but not to everyone's taste.
> Five or six years ago the headliner was Buddy Holly, not exactly a jazz
> fixture (cf. "Rock n Roll Music" where there's probably a reference to Bix
> "blowin' like a hurrican"). Regardless, that was a great concert. "Nickle
> Creek" another time. Same thing. Define jazz real loose and you're OK.
>
> Joel W.
>
Chuck Berry. Can't believe I wrote Buddy Holly.
Joel W.
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