angedella isafella (notmusic@hotmail.com)
Wed, 15 Dec 1999 20:26:11 GMT
dear list: now that you mention it Rayguns dj issue(a while back) was all
white guys for the big features and black were relegated to the who who
roundup. 2) I like
elvis though. He was one of the greats . He improved"hound dog", "mystery
train", "thats all right mama" by leaps over the originals. He had the
goods. he was one of the greats. And I like george michael too.
>From: Elson Trinidad <elson@westworld.com>
>To: Steve Catanzaro <stevencatanzaro@sprintmail.com>
>CC: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
>Subject: Re: A White Boy Responds...
>Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 11:32:13 -0800
>
>
>
>Steve Catanzaro wrote:
>
> > And it's got me thinkin' (just for fun, since we're all afrophiles
>here),
> > can I think of just 5 white boys who can rock as hard in Afroamerican
>styles
> > as the originators? Well, I've got to reach way back for...
>
> > 4. Lalo Schifrin... well, I don't know what his nationality is, but who
>can
>
>Lalo is from Mexico. (C'mon, the name "Lalo" is a giveaway, ese) and of
>part
>French(?) Russian(?) ancestry.
>
> > 3. Medeski, Martin, & Wood.
>
>The general consesnus is, yes, they're funky, but no, they're not
>innovators.
>
> > 2. Keith Jarrett. Yeah. You thought he was black! But, I don't think he
>is,
>
>He's half-black, I believe.
>
>
> > There ya have it. 5 white (or non-black) outfits that deserve at least a
> > little credit from genius cats like Mos!
>
>What about the Brecker Brothers? Or some of the dudes from Tower of Power?
>Or Aretha Franklin's session musicians from back in the day (all of the
>backing
>musicans on "Respect" where white boys...believe it or not!)
>
>As for Shadow, no, I'm not taking anything away from him, and none of this
>is
>his fault, but do note that the recent popularity of the "DJ Celebrity" as
>dictated by the Major Labels only focuses on white DJs? A recent dance
>music
>convention had a DJ symposium where all of the panelists were white. The
>reporter who covered it noted the absence of any Black DJs on the panel
>(after
>all, they started the modern form of the DJ culture) or Asian-American DJs
>like
>Q-Bert, Mixmaster Mike, Dan the Automator etc (some of whom are regarded by
>many
>to be among the DJ elite).
>
>Then again, there's never been a non-white contestant on the "Who Wants to
>be a
>Millionaire" show, but that's another story...(hey, what do you expect from
>the
>Aryan Broadcasting Company?)
>
> > (honorable mention; Donald Fagen, Bill Evans, and Elson, only 'cuz he
>met
> > Stevie Wonder.)
>
>Whoa, hold it, who you callin whitey?
>
>
>Elson
>non-white and non-black (in other words, in the eyes of the American
>mainstream,
>I don't even exist...)
>
>--
>
> - 30 -
>
> :. elson trinidad, los angeles, california, usa
> :. elson@westworld.com
> :. www.westworld.com/~elson
>
> "funny how frustration breeds desire" - meja
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