[Dixielandjazz] No room for "political correctness" in jazz!

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In a message dated 7/14/2005 12:00:59 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
dixielandjazz-request at ml.islandnet.com writes:

Our  occasion was a "freebie" for the United Way banquet. 
> I suggested  playing the "Strutters"  (heck, I had 
> put the group  together a year earlier) and the clarinetist  immediately 
>  objected as there was an African-American in the room. We weren't   
planning to sing it-just play it. I scratched the song from the  set.
>How do you active musicians handle this? Do you toss all tunes  that  have 
> any racial connotation "Black and Blue": comes to  mind - along with a 
whole 
> host of jazz standards used by Bessie Smith  et.al.
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Shall I be "non-politically correct???"  This is a bunch of  crap.  I would 
have played "Strutters" and if the clarinet player didn't  like it, I would 
have shown him where the door was!
I have always thought that jazz music was "beyond" all this political  
correctness silliness.  If a tune is a good tune --- play it.  Do we  stop playing 
"Lady is a Tramp" or "Love for Sale" because someone will be  offended by a 
"bad connotation" about women?  I know many women singers who  perform those 
tunes................................
Where would it all end????????????
Mike Vax