[Dixielandjazz] Pujol aka La Fartiste

Stephen Barbone barbonestreet at earthlink.net
Sat Jan 10 18:00:52 PST 2004


> "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard at hotmail.com> wrote
> Listees . . .
>
> Steve Barbone writes (regarding "What is an ax"):
>
> >"A musical instrument is a device -- could be anything, even a part of
> >the body -- that is used to produce music"
> >
> >Yes, and by all means remember, a fart is a (w)hole note.
>
> Ahh . . . does this not, once again, raise the spectre of Le Petomaine, one
> of the great musical artistes of all time. His art not only challenges
> bourgeois notions of "what is a musical instrument" but also "What is
> music?"
>
>        http://www.ooze.com/ooze13/petomane.html
>
> If you are not familiar with Le Petomaine and you do not click on the above
> URL your musical education will be incomplete.

Superb musical talent of Joseph Pujol. He was indeed a true musical genius who knew how
to toot his own horn.
Reminds one of the short limerick:

Beans beans, the musical fruit.
The more you eat, the more you toot.





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