[Dixielandjazz] Smooth Jazz . . . The label

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

Some years ago Boots Randolph was in St. Louis.  A company that manufactured 
the Varitone attachments for the sax hired him to demonstrate.  On the 
program was a symphony guy a Jazz musician and Boots who played, of course, 
Country.  At the end of the program they had a jam session and Boots blew 
away the Jazz musician and almost everyone that I knew at the time.  While 
he was noted for country he was a really good Jazzer.  What guys do for 
bucks sometimes is different than what they really love.  I had cocktails 
with him afterward and was really blown away by his knowledge of Jazz.
Larry
St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 4:01 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Smooth Jazz . . . The label


> "Robert S. Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com> wrote
>
>> Steve Barbone wrote:
>>
>>> Kenny G? Heck he sold 75 million records and has made millions of fans
>>> happy with what he does. What is wrong with that?
>> (snip)
>>
>> IMO- Nothing is wrong with that.  I am just offended by calling what he
>> does, "jazz."
>
> You may be right and many "jazz" fans agree. But then I don't think G 
> calls
> it jazz, and he certainly does not label himself as a jazz musician. It is
> the media and the public at large that labels his music as jazz.
>
> On the other hand, his 2005 Christmas album would be called jazz by many
> "jazz" fans who hear it, but don't know it's him.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
>
>
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