[Dixielandjazz] Hearing the Good Stuff:

[Steve Barbone]

DWSI at aol.com (Dan Spink) wrote

>> Steve Barbone wrote
> 
>> Consider this.  If G is in the jazz section, and sells 75 million
>> albums since 1993 or so,  and by your theory, those people think it's
>> Jazz, then they must also think  it is indeed, the "good" stuff since
>> they keep buying it.
 
>> My  mistake.  75 million CDs sold is undeniable proof that Kenny G's
>> music  is the very finest jazz available.  And by the same  reasoning,
>> McDonald's hamburgers are the best food on the  planet.

> Steve:
> 
> I'm one of your greatest fans on the list. But I think we're playing  with
> words here, aren't we? Since when did "good" (meaning high quality from a
> musician's perspective), get mixed up with "good" (meaning I really like that
> guy--and buy his records or whatever). Let us render unto musicians that which
> belongs to musicians, and render unto the fans whatever the hell they like
> well enough to pay money for. I mean, why not?

Hi Dan and Listmates:

Problem is I wrote the first paragraph above and Paul wrote the second one
in answer. Thus the "good" referred to by me means what the fans think. e.g.
"I really like that guy." Then Paul confused that with musical quality as
judged by musicians and added some hamburger reasoning.

There is absolutely no connection to artistic merit, and/or quality of the
performance in my original concept of the thread. I did, as you say, "render
unto the fans whatever the hell they like enough to pay money for."

You and I agree completely on that point. (Actually Paul does too)

Cheers,
Steve