[Dixielandjazz] Smooth Jazz, likes and dislikes

[Steve Barbone]

"Robert S. Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com> wrote

> Steve Barbone wrote:
> 
> (snip)
> So lets not get carried away about how knowledgeable or cool we are. Truth
> of the matter is we don't know a lot more . . . than we do know.
> (snip)
> 
> Steve, I realize that in saying the above statement, you are not including
> me in on it.

Perhaps not, but I am including me in it. I am speaking only for myself and
others who think like me.
> 
> Even so, let me say this, hopefully speaking for others on the list.  Kenny
> G can make all the recordings & all of the money he wants to.
> 
> I am very familiar with most types of music and I do not like Fuzak.  It is
> as plain and simple as that.  I don't care how much money he has made or how
> many recordings he has sold.  I do not like it...

No problem with that. Some do and some do not. That is our right. It is only
the "disparagement" of any type of music that I take issue with. (Not that
you do that either).

Just my generalized view that any time we disparage a specific musician, or
a music genre, we weaken ourselves as musicians.

I am not a Kenny G fan either, but I appreciate those who are, others who
play in that genre and appreciate what they do.
 
Cheers,
Steve Barbone