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"The Future Of Jazz" "The first time I saw the cover of Dirty Mind in the early 80s I thought, 'Is this some drag queen ripping on Freddie Prinze?'" - Some guy on The Gear Page | |
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BT used to come to my high school for clinics and performances. Later I learned there's not much of a "future" in jazz...  | |
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Whew, I could write a book on this subject. However i'll restrain myself.
This term "Jazz" has been so bastardized and distorted as of late that I hate to even use the word. Let me just say that I have a great deal of respect for George Russell & Billy Taylor, however in retrospect, George Russell made a rather frightening forecast... "If America has a future, Jazz has a future." ...If you have even a modicum of knowledge concerning the state of true Jazz in today's American market, the implications are unnerving to say the least. 
...George Russell's method book on the musical concept he discussed. tA  Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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"If America has a future, Jazz has a future."
I guess that begs for a definition of "America" and the question of whether it deserves a future or not. I always viewed the jazz and blues traditions as more of an attempt to anecdote (verb) what America is -- a racist class society. That is, when I go (or went) to a jazz club to hear Art Blakey or Ornette Coleman I'm going to get away from what I and my fellows have to deal with as Americans. | |
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"The first time I saw the cover of Dirty Mind in the early 80s I thought, 'Is this some drag queen ripping on Freddie Prinze?'" - Some guy on The Gear Page | |
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