Re: Keith Jarrett on Ken Burns

From: Steve Catanzaro (stevencatanzaro@sprintmail.com)
Date: Wed Mar 14 2001 - 04:19:44 CET

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    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?

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

    Strange. Silly. And a little frightening.

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Mark Turner <nugroove@pacbell.net>
    To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
    Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 10:26 PM
    Subject: FW: Keith Jarrett on Ken Burns

    > FYI...
    >
    > > >From NY Times Arts section
    > >
    > > To the Editor:
    > >
    > > Regarding Ken Burns's (or is it Wynton Marsalis's?) "Jazz": Now that
    > > we've been put through the socioeconomic racial forensics of a
    > > jazz-illiterate historian and a self- imposed jazz expert prone to
    > > sophomoric generalizations and ultraconservative politically correct
    > > (for now) utterances, not to mention a terribly heavy-handed
    > > narration (where every detail takes on the importance of major
    > > revelation) and weepy-eyed nostalgic reveries, can we have some films
    > > about jazz by people who actually know and understand the music
    > > itself and are willing to deal comprehensively with the last 40 years
    > > of this richest of American treasures?
    > >
    > > KEITH JARRETT New York
    > >
    > _____________________
    > Mark Turner
    > nugroove@pacbell.net
    > www.jazzadelica.com
    > _____________________
    >
    >
    >
    >



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