I agree strongly with Mr. Witherspoon. Introductions must always be held
to the highestt standards be in History or in any other discipline. Much
more damage is done by a flawed introductory text than by a dozen flawed
specialist's articles, because their influence is stronger and wider.
axel
On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, 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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