Re: burn's significance

From: Danny Kramer (dkramer@freezone.com)
Date: Mon Feb 12 2001 - 21:15:51 CET

  • Next message: Ben Ward: "Jazzanova full-length LP"

    i dont think id give a shit what a jazz for dummies documentary had to
    say about my career. but you make a good point, the series should have
    just left what they didnt git alone

    Jason Witherspoon wrote:

    > At 01:40 PM 2/12/01 -0600, Danny Kramer wrote:
    >
    >> burns series was for jazz beginners, didnt pretend to be anything
    >> but. and in response to the series, i have overheard conversations
    >> on jazz from many unlikely corners - local television talking about
    >> the jazz scene in the community (chicago), jazz cd displays up in
    >> the front of music shops like virgin, tower, borders - selling much
    >> jazz.
    >>
    >> and that's very cool.
    >>
    >> you know there's gonna be a lean towards the people who actually
    >> send in something when pbs does its membership drives -- aka the
    >> 'hello dolly' crowd. would i love to see an entire episode dedicated
    >> to grover washington, jr or the blackbyrds? you know it - but the
    >> more jazz on mainstream tv the better. its not for me, its for (a
    >> generic) them. ramsey needs to relax. i mean, please.
    >>
    >> nuff 'said.
    >
    >
    > Okay-- how would you feel if it was your life's work that got
    > shitcanned in the last episode?
    >
    > And the fact that it's for beginners makes it okay for them to pollute
    > neophytes' minds w/the notion that 70's jazz is a bunch of crap? The
    > fact that it is for beginners just makes their heavy-handed bias, &
    > their slagging of music they don't "get", that much worse.

    --
    **************
    Daniel M. Kramer
    Producer for Parent and Teacher Resources
    The FreeZone Network -- "Where Kids Connect (tm)"
    730 N. Franklin St, Suite 706
    Chicago, Illinois 60610
    Tel: 312.705.3872
    Fax: 312.705.3943
    dkramer@freezone.com
    http://freezone.com
    

    ***Join our Parent and Teacher Community*** http://freezone.com/parents_teachers/



    This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Mon Feb 12 2001 - 21:42:15 CET