[Dixielandjazz] Jewish Rap

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Hey Elazar:

That aint the Elazar I have come to know and love as the King of Hebrew 
dixieland, don't take that non musical invasion into your territory so 
lightly.

Go get your butt and group up there and open the show for that clown 
and expose his audience to some real music :))
Our good Dixie Warrior.   Use those weapons of Mass disruption  Banjo & 
Tuba & washboard.  :))  You might sell all your CDs and have to 
re-order.  :))

Lock Hire 'em,

Cheers,

Tom  "Moses" Wigginstein


-----Original Message-----
From: Ministry of Jazz <jazzmin at actcom.net.il>
To: DJML <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 23:02:53 +0200
Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] Jewish Rap

    As Tevye said in "Fiddler on the Roof": "If I try to bend that far, 
I'll
break!"

I don't know, Steve. I know the topic has been beaten to death on the 
list
many times, but when I listen to the stuff and try to discern any 
musical
value in it, I keep coming up with the same thing--endless droning 
noise,
perhaps with some recognizable recurring rhythm. Melody, harmony, 
poetry,
any of the other elements normally associated with music? I just don't 
hear
'em.

Just today I saw posters all over Jerusalem for Matisyahu, who is 
apparently
here on a concert tour. OK, so there are posters for Matisyahu and not 
for
Doctor Jazz. But I don't care. When I watch what rap, hip hop, trance,
techno, and all this modern stuff does to its audiences, well, that's 
not
what I want to do to people, even if they'll pay for it. I'm rolling 
over in
my grave, and I'm not even dead yet!

My 2 shekels' worth. Please don't shoot the banjo player; I'm doing the 
best
I can.

Elazar
Dr. Jazz Dixieland Band
Tekiya Trumpet Ensemble
Jerusalem, Israel
www.israel.net/ministry-of-jazz
+972-2-679-2537



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