>Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 07:10:00 +0000
>To: "Steve Catanzaro" <stevencatanzaro@sprintmail.com>
>From: nethed <nethed@ninjatune.net>
>Subject: Re: Political Rant! Was Latin House Music!
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>agreed. about 12 years ago in san francisco north beach (home of
>jazz in the 50's and 60's which began to die during the disco 70's
>and rock 80's) went to see well known jazz vibes player (memory has
>faded the name, it wasnt roy ayers or lonnie liston smith - but you
>could use them as an example) there were four people in the audience
>- myself, my partner and the two bartenders. 6 months later moving
>to england went to see the same vibes player at the brighton jazz
>bop (it was either the first or second one, this was 1990) and the
>place was jumping with over 2000+ people digging this musician.
>
>this is not to say that europe financially supports its jazz
>musicians. altho in the u.k. a musician can almost kick it on the
>dole with a few backhanders going,
>but there's something over here called respect.
>
>how saddened was i to see james brown in 1987/88 before he did that
>jail time performing at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco doing Las
>Vegas speeded up versions and dancing with gray haired white women
>culled from the front row, while several years and a jail sentence
>later in England, the crowd was early twenties, racially mixed and
>knew every lick by heart?
>
>it's not only demand, it's respect. no disrespect to rappers, but
>that is probably the goal of most youth today. "i wanna be just
>like eminem, puff daddy, jennifer lopez, mariah carey, etc."
>
>other than marsalis brothers, and without this list, where can one find the
>new american jazz? jazz is the only original music from america. but most
>americans probably dont think of it that way at all. it isn't only the govt
>that's to blame, music appreciation starts at home, that's where i heard my
>first music....
>
>
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>>The problem, imho, is not with the supply, it's with the demand. I went to
>>see Andre Watts at the government subsidized, Frank Lloyd Wright designed
>>Gammage Auditorium at Arizona State University. Seats 2,000. Probably about
>>400 in attendance, and Watts is perhaps in the top 5 classical pianists out
>>there.
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