[Dixielandjazz] Cloddish MUSICIANS?

[TCASHWIGG at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/7/04 8:04:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time, patcooke at cox.net 
writes:

> Today's younger crowd (wherever they are) thinks traditional jazz is
> what was played by Dave Brubeck and Miles Davis.  Lord only knows what they
> call modern.
> 

Hi Pat"

They unfortunately call Kenny G, Michael Brecker, Keiko Matsui, Gregg Adams, 
Paul Hardcastle, and about twelve other acts nobody on this list ever heard 
of, or wants to hear of, modern jazz along with a bunch of other wispy Smooth 
Jazzers all playing one instrument over synth and drum tracks and trying to 
impress the world with their fabulous one man band talent.  UUUUGH, puke, wretch,  
the melody is 8 bars long and repeats five hundred times to the endless drum 
track, second verse same 8 bar melody line modulated one step up, third verse 
(if one) back down and tagged 12 times and faded out because they can't find 
the end.

Second song on the CD, same melody but in the other key.

Third song, first song played at double speed

Third song is second song played at half speed to resemble a ballad.

Fourth song,  Mix em all up go fast go slow go halfast name it something 
cool.

Put a pretty almost naked lady on the front cover and sell a bunch of copies 
to the marketing guys at Clear Channel and sit back and wait to be a star.  
Play only shows promoted by Clear Channel radio stations that they are paying 
promo guys to get them airplay on and bore the audience to death that shows up 
for the free shows.

You get the drift.

In San Francisco  we have a hot group called "Mingus Among Us" who have some 
very good awesome players, but he last outing they played they let about six 
Rappers and Hip Hoppers get up on stage in front of them, All I can say is a 
wasted disgusted afternoon which drove a lot of folks to the bar often to get 
through their set to see some real music by the Wild Magnolias from New Orleans 
who did not dissapoint them.

Sure glad I got there late and only had to endure 20 minutes of the garbage.


Cheers,

Tom Wiggins