I apologize, I realize I was misleading by mentioning Bird and a Disney movie song as entry points, but I don't really mean Andrew Bird's music in general - he's an indie artist (and his first two albums are indie albums with occasional jazz and swing influences). It was confusing to mention him as an entry point, I only meant it was the first artist I listened to that had even minor elements of it (kids these days do it kind of backwards, you know :wink
. The details of it that struck me are the way he sometimes uses his violin in this noisy, scratchy, reckless-feeling way, and so I wanted to know if there were any older, more proper jazz bands who had this feel about them too.
But I'm going to move away from these references and try something new. As I'm listening for reference points, stuff like Bunk Johnson and George Lewis actually sounds pretty close to what I want, as does Django Reinhardt... maybe I've answered my own question
mile: I guess what I'm saying is some sort of mix of gypsy jazz and Dixieland/New Orleans and as I'm saying it I realize it sounds kind of dumb. Maybe I should just go and listen to those artists.
I'd still be grateful if somebody does have something more for me to go on, though, even though I've been very clumsy about explaining. As I'm new to this massive heritage I'd greatly appreciate any advice.
Thank you so much again! Those suggestions are very interesting, I'm very fond of the Squirrel Nut Zippers and a few of the other swing revival bands you mentioned, and I'll look into the others too.
. The details of it that struck me are the way he sometimes uses his violin in this noisy, scratchy, reckless-feeling way, and so I wanted to know if there were any older, more proper jazz bands who had this feel about them too. But I'm going to move away from these references and try something new. As I'm listening for reference points, stuff like Bunk Johnson and George Lewis actually sounds pretty close to what I want, as does Django Reinhardt... maybe I've answered my own question
mile: I guess what I'm saying is some sort of mix of gypsy jazz and Dixieland/New Orleans and as I'm saying it I realize it sounds kind of dumb. Maybe I should just go and listen to those artists. I'd still be grateful if somebody does have something more for me to go on, though, even though I've been very clumsy about explaining. As I'm new to this massive heritage I'd greatly appreciate any advice.
Thank you so much again! Those suggestions are very interesting, I'm very fond of the Squirrel Nut Zippers and a few of the other swing revival bands you mentioned, and I'll look into the others too.
