[Dixielandjazz] Re: Miles Davis Inducted into Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Well since I was there with em'  I can tell ya that they thought it 
was, but it was given a new title and genre of Jazz fusion Funk, since 
it was so diversified from what everyone labeled Jazz at that time.   
It was too Jazz to be Rock & Roll and too rock and ROLL TO BE JAZZ.   
Hence Stuck in the Middle and needed a totally new name to market it.   
My My My what an intricate Web we have woven under the name of Jazz in 
only 99 years or so huh?

Just What Is Jazz Anyway ??

I say it is whatever you want it to be except RAP  and that too will 
embrace Jazz sooner or later so get ready for it.  Heck it may well 
even have it's roots in Jazz, seems I heard somebody say on this list a 
while back that Cab Calloway or somebody did a Rap style recording  
before I was even born.

Who recalls that discussion??

Cheers,

Tom Wiggins
Saint Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band

Who play a mean version of:

Chameleon, Watermelon Man and Cantelope Island  by Herbie Hancock & 
Headhunters in N.O. Brass band style
and  a pretty mean version of Cab Calloway's presentation of Caravan 
too.   not Dixieland but certainly OKOM !




-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
To: Mike <mike at railroadstjazzwest.com>; dixieland jazz mail list 
<dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:41:25 +1100
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Miles Davis Inducted into Rock & Roll Hall 
Of Fame

    > Kinda reminds me of when the "Headhunters" album was released (w/ 
Herbie
Hancock) the big debate then was whether or not it was a jazz album.<

Dear Mike,
Was it?
Kind regards,
Bill.



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