[Dixielandjazz] What happened to Jazz?

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Rap,  guys, while being created in the urban streets, where just about 
everything else in our USA culture came from since the 1920's including 
Jazz, from of All things those pesky Marching Brass Bands, that are so 
UN- COOL to many Jazzers.

They represent just another generation of Angst ridden youth trying to 
deal with the long covered up  and censored social disorders that have 
plagued this nation for centuries, and show no signs of changing except 
for the next level of immigrants or those falling thru the cracks of 
mainstream society for more reasons than I would ever like to go into.  
  They are today's non-conformist generation like it or not, just like 
the Bohemians, and Hippies, and poets, etc. of previous generations.

Perhaps we feel so badly about it because we have been excluded from it 
and not asked our opinions or blessing upon it.   History shows every 
generation is usually forced to forge ahead and create their own rules 
and music to get their opinions heard by the powers that be, and 
sometimes they even elicit some good changes even if the methods seem a 
bit off the wall and not to our liking.

Cheers,

Tom "who does not like it either" Wiggins   But I don't appreciate much 
that I hear from the Preachers either.
And I never burned a one of my rock & roll records.   And I ain't 
burned in Hell yet either :))



-----Original Message-----
From: mike at railroadstjazzwest.com
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] What happened to Jazz?

   Ok Larry, you lost me there. Could you please explain a little
more about what you mean and how it is exclusive to black
musicians? There were white fans and imitators of Rap music &
Funk virtually from the beginning.

Mike



Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis wrote:
  LW-- Another important thing is that you have to enjoy it.  It
seems that
> there is a trend for Black musicians to try to have a Black music 
that
> others can't or won't do.  They came close with Rap but when there is 
a buck
> to be made many will jump on the band wagon.
> Larry



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