[78-L] Respectable musical style names

Steven C. Barr stevenc at interlinks.net
Sat Jan 2 18:07:25 PST 2010


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> Jeff Lichtman wrote:
>>> Point taken, Kristjan, but "Doo-Wop" and "Oompah" are onomatopoeic terms
>>> to describe the sounds thereof. "Jazz" doesn't seem to fit that bill.
>> OK, then, how about "Be Bop" and "Scat"?
> I can imagine someone saying they want to play Be Bop or to scat sing,
> but not that they want to join an Oompah band!
>
Well...there MUST be a LOT of unemployed tubaists out there in Radio-Land
who are looking for paying work...?!

Steven C. Barr 




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