To contact this jazz band and tell them to stop using this word?

Of course they had...

I thought of this thread earlier. We were down on the seafront and a tribute act was singing Elvis songs, my husband was belting out "I wish I was in dixie" (not sure what the title is) along with the act. I was thinking the OP would be having a hissy fit about this big, black guy from north America singing that song. How very dare he.

Spot on. Hope you’re proud of your pointless virtue signaling @FauxWhiteOrchid. Always assuming they’re not just fobbing you off, of course.

Yay! Taking joy and music out of the world one band at a time...

What good does it do anyone at all that they won’t be playing that style of music in the future? Does it make the world a better place in any way whatsoever? (No. Well done for making the world a slightly less diverse place.)

Ditching the boaters and the stripy waistcoats, yay!

And what exactly would you suggest they change it to so they may market themselves to their audience?

As it's a specific genre of music to distinguish it from other types of jazz, they can't really change it unless they don't mind people not knowing what sort of band they are.

I take it you haven't read the rest of the very interesting and informative posts that are in this thread by other posters. They have already explained it (several times). If you still can't understand then I cannot help you. I only responded to your post which had wrong information on it in case others skipped to the end.

This was a genuine question as I have clearly misunderstood it and want to understand it. Copying and pasting the origins of the music doesn’t explain how OP was concerned was racist, also doesn’t explain why Dixie chics felt the need to change their name but if I’m honest I don’t know how bothered I am about knowing now.

One of my favourite types of jazz is Trad Jazz, often referred to as Dixieland/Dixie jazz. There are quite a few bands here in the UK I like, but the majority in the US, mainly south, we travel to New Orleans each year for a festival and I can tell you the bands are mainly black, a peppering of white musicians, but mainly black. Now are you saying they don't know what the word means? I am certain they would have shelved it if they saw a link to slavery.
I have never heard such a strange statement as you have made.

This thread is about types of music. This is not about racism (no matter how hard you try to make it). To copy/paste a pp

It's a particular type of jazz, originally from New Orleans, and made popular by Louis Armstrong, among others. Just as there are other types such as swing, cool, gypsy or be bop.

Isn't that what posting on an open forum is about? Other members are not universally obliged to agree with you ... that's not how discussion/debate works.

Is it like golly wouldn’t be offensive but gollywog would?

@FauxWhiteOrchid I didn’t know anything about the origin of the word Dixie or it’s racist connotations until your thread.

So I googled it to learn more. The more I learn the more I think YANBU.

This genre of jazz was not called Dixieland jazz by the African American musicians. It came about because of the name of a band of white musicians called: ‘The Original Dixieland Jazz Band.’

The following extract convinces me more and more that the name Dixieland is not ok to use.

By the turn of the century, many New Orleans bands were playing in a collective improvisational style. One of them was the Superior Band which included Bunk Johnson.
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, a white group, copied Superior’s style and was the first to record (1917).

@NoDought I quoted you because of your post. The fact you were surprised so many disagreed with the OP. And talking about getting a band name changed when it was nothing to do with a band name but a style of music. I think (after all those posts) the OP realises she's got it wrong. Now you do too. (And I know that sounds snarky but I don't mean to be).

They didn't need to change their name - they chose to.

They also weren't called the "Dixieland Chicks" nor do they play jazz music.

Well, they weren't the "Dixieland Chicks"...

Tell OP, not me, why did Dixie chicks need to change their name if it is the style of music?

The word is Dixieland which is a style of jazz. It is not the bands name. It would be similar asking them not to use pop, or punk rock, or rap as a word.

I’m really surprised that 84% have said you’re unreasonable. I don’t think it would be unreasonable to contact them and just explain the origins of the word and maybe that Dixie chicks changed their name also. I’m sure it can be done in a non confrontational way. If I was a band member and I didn’t know the historical origins I would absolutely want to know.

I agree with @Genevieva post above - I read your link and there's not really a lot of suggest what you mean is offensive. It comes from music associated with areas in the Mason-Dixon.

I'm not sure why the Tories and British politics need to be pulled into what black Americans may or may not find offensive. They're a whole different country. Americans don't like us saying we're going out for Chinese, or using the word uppity either <shrug>

In a country where everyone and anyone is being offended leave them alone.