I have noticed that here at home, jazz is making a slow but gargantuan
comeback! (Yes, here in good ol' Iowa none-the-less!) It might be because
of the new Acid-Jazz/Hip-Hop influence, or just because of the general
laid-back attitude around here, but Jazz is thriveing! I have this exciting
feeling that the next big steps in jazz are going to errupt from the
mid-west! More than half of the area teens actualy know who Baise,
Coletrane, Miles, and the Duke are!
Be happy, dance, rejoice! We have plenty of reasons to celebrate!
Will of the Corn
>>>I now have about 10 Miles Cd's
>and am working on more. I am Disc Jockey at a club playing the MTV stuff,
>and I come home and put on Miles. Ironic!!!<<
>
> Go ahead, man, slip some miles in there next time you're at work.
As you
>say yourself, all people need is exposure to this stuff. It doesn't take
>preaching, bribing, coersion, etc., Miles can speak for himself.
> I saw a documentary the other night about the lack of exposure black
>teenagers have to jazz. It was scarey. They set up a camera in a shopping
mall
>and just asked kids as they went walking by if they had ever heard the names
>Count Basie, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane, etc. I won't even
tell
>you the results. (Perhaps "Count Bass-E" would have more luck?) The consensus
>from the experts seems to be that simple exposure--not necessarily long classes
>in jazz history and technique--is the most effective remedy.
> Do us a favor and slip in something from Miles' album "Doo Bop"
next time
>you're at work. Let us know what happens!
>
> --Allen Michie
>
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