[Dixielandjazz] Re: Lasssus Trombone

[Patrick Cooke]

Well this is a surprise to me!  I never for a moment thought Lassus Trombone 
had anything racist about it.  I played it on trombone in my high school 
band back in the early forties.  It was just another chart the band director 
handed out for the band to play.  If it had lyrics, I never heard them.  I 
had no idea who Lassus is/was and didn't give it much thought.  I know it 
was more fun to play than a lot of the other stuff we played.  I still like 
it.  I think I'll start playing it again, especially since I now know it's 
politically incorrect.
      Pat Cooke



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard E. Onofrey, Jr., CLU, ChFC, CFP" <reonofreyj at comcast.net>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 11:09 AM
Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Musical parody


>
> I originally sent this out to the list, but erroneously sent it just to
> Bill. . . . .
>
>
> Ok, I'm typically a lurker, just soaking up the wealth of knowledge that
> gets passed on here, but on this I have to add my $.03 (with inflation).
>
> Personally, I found the parody amusing, and have passed it along to
> several friends.  I believe that in this day and age, we are all trying
> to be so politically correct that it leads down the path of
> ultra-conformity with no wiggle room for growth.
>
> One of the other lists that I subscribe to is a trombone list.
> Recently, someone on the list asked a question about Fillmore's "Lassus
> Trombone".  Well, let me tell you that the discussion about this piece
> went on for almost three weeks!  Half the list was offended that anyone
> was still playing this piece of music due to its "inherent racist
> nature" and the other half was saying "lighten up, it's just music, and
> a darn entertaining piece too!"
>
> If we must be politically correct in all things, we would all have to
> remove our senses of humor, throw out all the Wagner records (after all,
> Hitler liked them!) and get rid of an awful lot of OKOM music and
> history.  Perhaps we should put in the subject line of posts in the
> future something like:  "Musical parody - may be offensive to some
> listers that are pro-whatever, anti-whatever, or simply thin skinned."
>
> Please, I don't mean to offend anyone with this email.  I'm merely
> trying to point out that everything, to someone, can be offensive at
> some time.  Just a thought.
>
> Rick Onofrey
> Amateur Trombone
>
> "If it please your neighbor to break the sacred calm of night with the
> snorting of an unholy trombone, it is your duty to put up with his
> wretched music and your privilege to pity him for the unhappy instinct
> that moves him to delight in such discordant sounds."
>    -Mark Twain
>
>
>
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