Re: Keith Jarrett on Ken Burns

From: Jason Witherspoon (arzachel@speakeasy.org)
Date: Mon Feb 12 2001 - 07:17:53 CET

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    At 8:19 PM -0700 3/13/01, Steve Catanzaro wrote:
    >WAIT A SECOND!
    >
    >Keith Jarrett is complaining about Burns and Marsalis being
    >"ultraconservative?" Keith "I will never again let my hands be sullied by
    >touching an electronic keyboard" Jarrett?

    A moderate conservative can still be appalled by a fascist w/o any
    hypocrisy. The fact that Jarrett is a relative conservative only
    lends credence to the proposition, as far as I'm concerned.

    >
    >And Keith Jarrett is calling Wynton a "self-imposed jazz expert?" Keith
    >"pomposity thy name is Jarrett" Jarrett?

    How is Jarrett pompous-- are you referring to his music? I don't
    think I've ever even heard him speak on jazz-- past his oft-stated
    acoustic preference.

    >
    >Strange. Silly. And a little frightening.

    Well, good ad hominem argument. You've attempted to label Jarrett a
    hypocrite. Can't say I think you've succeeded, but Jarrett's
    personality has no bearing on whether or not _Jazz_ is revisionist
    history w/a propagandist agenda favoring the
    petrification/gentrification/status-quo/arch-conservative sectors
    within the music.

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    Jason Witherspoon ICQ #62837760

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