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.
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