Laborers had work clothes, while the wealthy had luxurious suits and dresses. Before the 20th century and the rise of the middle class, with disposable incomes and leisure time, clothes were generally more practical.
Casual Wedding Suits A classic grey suit is always a safe yet sleek option for a casual wedding, and can be customized with the right accessories depending on the right season. Age: 76 Mr. Smooth: Credit Ayers with putting the vibes in vibraphone. Dre apparently agrees. Miansai, rings Cartier, vintage cap Burberry, bracelet and glasses vintage. Age: 87 Playing style: Taylor approaches the piano the way Jackson Pollock approached a canvas: with a wild sense of improvisational abandon that borders on violence.
The Zoot Suit is occasionally still seen in formal settings - and should only be worn after the Loyal Toast but before the fat lady sings , and you'd be wise to remember that it is still illegal in some parts of the world to wear a Zoot suit if you are taller than 5' 9". Wearing such a suit and playing a horn built anywhere outside the 's is a sartorial gaffe so great that a many musicians will refuse to play with you. You may also be taunted at great length.
Waistcoats are largely unworn these days, but can often be seen where the band's repertoire consists of more than three numbers whose title contains the word 'Street', 'Jelly' or 'Daddy'. By tradition, such waistcoats are often gaudy and should be buttoned up prior to the gig.
On taking to the stage they should be unbuttoned - where it is hoped that a jacket will render the article invisible. For a more casual setting the polo-neck sweater remains as popular today as it ever was - which means you may only wear one if your name is Bill or Gerry.
Shorts of any description should never be worn unless you accompany them with a Pith helmet. Much can be achieved via the use of accessories, such as a hat or a beard. You must abide by the 'Beard Rule', which states that the length of the beard is determined by the era of jazz you're playing and should not exceed three inches unless prior to Be-bop. Conversely, the reverse is true for the width of a tie post Be-bop. In the event of being booked to play a variety of styles at a single gig you will have to resort to using stick-on beards unless you're incredibly adept at growing facial hair inbetween sets.
La-Fuzz market a fine range of traditional jazz beards - the 'Lateef' is a good all-rounder, and the 'Mulligan', although expensive, can be worn by two people at once. The fundamental principle is to ride the fine line between studied earthiness and casual nonchalance. Thus in my case, measuring some 45mm, my stubble should be 3. For the average man this will take three days to grow.
Women may find it takes them somewhat longer. The results of stepping outside this line is that too short a stubble length simply makes you look like you forgot to shave, and perhaps wash - and too long marks you down as a heavy drinker. If playing a week's residency you will have to judge your stubble most carefully lest you start the week looking like a numpty that no-one will listen to, and end it looking like an oik that no-one wants to listen to. I'd make an exception e. I'm somewhere in between: the more obviously fashion victim late sixties onwards stuff was obviously unfortunate but i'm not all that in love with the uniform fifties suit look either, although it's obviously the lesser of the two evils.
Neither love nor hate the suit. It just has a bit of an homogenising effect for me, probably more pronounced as it's mostly viewed in black and white. I guess, if i had to choose, i'd err on the side of suits. Nowadays i think it's just a matter of wearing what suits you. I freaking love the music on these two Jeremy Pelt albums, but i honestly think the covers make him look like a total knob:. Speaking of too-small t-shirts and dog turd browns In fact that Basie shirt should pass.
I remember a couple of latter-day Art Pepper pics, for example, that just made you feel uncomfortable just by looking at that shirt. Signs of the times As for Zoot, he was one of those who came to mind when I wrote my earlier post. A CD of a German concert recording of his dating back to recently released for the first time contains some mighty fine music. But why oh why did they have to chose a fairly puffy 70s image of his for the cover? Where's the visual link to the music?
Why couldn't they have selected an on-stage shot from that very concert? As a kid I hated any kind of dressing up in bands. I came of age with the tea shirt and jeans 'we only care about the music' type of rock band. The whole glam thing was a real turn-off. In fact I remember being really miffed when Peter Gabriel started dressing up as flowers in Genesis. I've carried that aversion to all fields of music - when I become world dictator it will be a capital offence for orchestral musicians to wear formal dress.
Maybe it all is a question of whether you embrace what is perceived as a "mainstream trend" or whether you reject it just because it is "mainstream". It evidently was "mainstream" to dress up casually in the 70s I'd date my musical awareness to age 14 in but pretty soon I found sharp stage dresses to be totally cool probably because it was "anti-mainstream" then but most definitely because I HATED whatever casual dresses were en vogue in that period - including those around me Though I never saw much in "formal dresses" or even tuxedos on stage, band uniforms like they used to have all through the 30s to the early 60s either Harlem big band outfitss or loud Bill Haley-type jackets were totally cool to me.
Quite a difference to the stage optics of other usually much longer-haired rock musicians who'd obviously looked like they'd been dragged straight out of a trash can not hygiene-wise but with such an utter lack of taste in what even FIT them
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