David W. Fenton wrote:
On 31 Jan 2010 at 13:54, John Howell wrote:
P.S. Don't give away our age, Dean, by saying "stage band"! That
was a term adopted by publishers after WW2 when a lot of high schools
were starting jazz bands, but "jazz" had a bad reputation 'cause it
was associated with sex, booze, drugs, Cigareets & Whuskey & Wild,
Wild Women!
I didn't know that! It was certainly the term in use when I was in
high school in the late 70s, and still used by a band director friend
of mine in the 80s. But I've been completely out of touch with that
world for about 20 years now.
Nowadays schools have no problems having "Jazz Band" offered
as a course, but in the period John is talking about they
were called "stage bands" or "dance bands."
--
David H. Bailey
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