[Dixielandjazz] Jazz: Smithsonian Anthology' reviewed

[Hal Vickery]

I don't know.  I think it's pretty representative.  I might have selected some different recordings, but it's not all that bad.  

Hal Vickery

> From: bhaesler at bigpond.net.au
> Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:55:26 +1100
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Jazz: Smithsonian Anthology' reviewed
> CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> To: hvickery_80 at msn.com
> 
> Dear Friends,
> The DJML copy of my reply to Bob Ringwald (sent over 3 hours ago) seems to have disappeared into cyberspace.
> Here it is again.
> Regards,
> Bill.
> 
> Dear Bob,
> Thank you for that interesting and enlightening review.
> But "No thank you" to the 'Anthology'. 
> I will be saving my $99.98 pre-publication price for something more important.
> Why?
> For a start, refer to the full 6-CD track listing at:
>   http://www.folkways.si.edu/jazz/
> My immediate reaction was that the ten-year project has wasted the $500,000 provided by well-meaning foundations and private grants.
> And what a sad waste of time and effort by the five-person executive committee and its contributing 'experts'.
> Is this yet another version of the well-known definition of a camel? 
> (A horse designed by a committee.)
> Quote: "So many sets are the 'best of,'" Burgess says. "We want this set to be totally objective.
> This is considered a collection across all genres, eras and labels."
> So what went wrong? This has to be one of the worst 'best of' sets I have come across. 
> "It took years to find the best recordings --"
> Where were they looking, to come up with the inappropriate dartboard selection representing the first half century of jazz music?
> A scatter-gun selection that runs out half-way through Disc 2 of the 6-CD, 111 track set.
> I'm completely underwhelmed.
> *>)
> Very kind regards,
> Bill.
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