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Jam sessions at ARSC have only happened a couple of times.  It is not
like IAJRC where they play a part in the program schedule.  I walked
down to the lobby last year and a bunch of guys were playing so I
videoed it and put up a couple of stills.  And then a few years ago the
banquet entertainment asked Vinnie to sit in -- and his picture I took
is up. You have to realize that most of us have musical skills that do
not range beyond playing the phonograph -- but are eager to hear our
more talented members.  Brenda mentioned a few days ago some problem
concerning insurance for our banquet performers, and I don't know what
the outcome was.  Maybe they is us!

See you all in a couple of days.  (I ACTUALLY have my conference paper
FINISHED with all its 134 pictures!!!  You ALL better be there.)

Mike Biel  [log in to unmask]

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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Heated Words of Hot Jazz Fans
From: "Dietrich, Madeline" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, May 24, 2015 1:46 pm
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Vincent,
Yes, Bob Dunn is my hero! The presentation includes a full score
transcription of a Brownies recording, and looks at Dunn’s solo and
later compares some licks with Miff Mole and Red Allen. (There are other
cans of worms in my session as well—OCLC subject descriptions, etc.
I’m probably trying to cover too much, but hopefully it will come off
as a comprehendible narrative. Ugh!)

By the way, I saw pictures of past conferences on the ARSC page where
people have guitars and such and maybe are having a jam session of some
kind? Do you know anything about this? Is it a regular thing? Will there
be anything like this in Pitt? I can’t bring my bass, but I can bring
my fiddle or mando.

Maddie

From: Vincent Pelote [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2015 12:53 AM
To: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List; Dietrich, Madeline
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Heated Words of Hot Jazz Fans

Maddie,

Hi! I look forward to your presentation. I am a huge fan of Western
Swing (especially my man, Bob Dunn). I don't know if I will have
anything all that important to bring to the table, but I will be
listening with great interest. See you in Pittsburgh.


Vincent


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From: "Madeline Dietrich" <[log in to unmask]><mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
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Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2015 3:15:56 PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Heated Words of Hot Jazz Fans

To Dave, Tom, Aaron, John, and David and all who have participated or
taken interest in the recent threads involving the recent discussion of
hot jazz:

I have read your comments with great interest, and I cordially invite
you to my session in Pittsburg, which relates to many of the issues
you've brought up. I'm not asking you to come because I think you might
learn something new, but rather so you might comment on it. I want this
group of experts to offer feedback, raise objections and ask pointed
questions-all so I can develop a better sense of the which parts of my
research are of interest, which parts are moot, and which parts may be
flat out wrong. Few in the world know the history of popular music
commerce as the subscribers of this list.

My presentation, "Western Swing & The Examination of an Information
Object" (e.g. a 78rpm disc distributed in 1935 on Decca's hillbilly
label) draws largely on Cary Ginell's work on Milton Brown as a point of
departure, but closely analyzes the recorded performance (Decca 5158 B)
as a document of how entertainers catered to popular tastes in a
particular region at a particular time, and how those tastes were
influenced by other musics accessed through recordings and broadcasts in
prior years, but also as a means of comparing the music with other swing
recordings (specifically by Miff Mole, Henry Allen, and Benny Goodman.)

My work as a jazz/commercial bassist and music instructor drives my
musicological endeavors-the origins of standards, influence of styles on
other styles (and of individual players on other players), and how all
recorded music must, perhaps as a necessary evil, be labeled (described
and classified) with words in order to be discovered and accessed. The
latter issue especially interests me as a music librarian.

Mine will be the second of two presentations comprising the session on
Western Swing on Saturday at 10:45am in Allegheny II. For those of you
not attending the conference, my presentation will be made available
online-hopefully inciting additional heated conversation. Our passion
for this music keeps it alive!

If you're interested in the subject, I invite you to have a look at my
work available online at
http://www.maddiedietrich.com/#!portfolio/cl21<http://www.maddiedietrich.com/>

Thanks, and I hope to see you there (or otherwise hear from you!)

Maddie

Madeline Dietrich, MM, MM, MLIS
Diehn Composers Room Supervisor
Old Dominion University Libraries
4427 Hampton Blvd
Norfolk, VA 23529
Office: 757-683-6009757-683-6009
Music Library: 757-683-4173757-683-4173
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Vincent Pelote
Director of Operations
Institute of Jazz Studies
Rutgers University
Dana Library
185 University Avenue
Newark, NJ 07102
phone: 973-353-5595973-353-5595
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