[Dixielandjazz] Modern art and jazz

[Charlie Hooks]

on 5/29/03 11:34 AM, Rob McCallum at rakmccallum at hotmail.com wrote:

> As well, the famous "modernist" "beat" poet and founder of City Lights books
> (which first published Allen Ginsberg's Howl), Lawrence Ferlinghetti has
> stated that he never cared for be bop (imagine that coming from a beatnik!),
> but that he much prefers dixieland.
> 

Hey, Rob?  Don't we dixielanders have troubles enough without saddling us
with a guy who liked Ginsberg enough to publish him?  Next you'll be telling
me Wayne Newton is a dixieland fan.  ;-)

Charlie