[Dixielandjazz] Monk Piano Competition-- Mike Vax compares two articles

[Norman Vickers]

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>From Norman Vickers, Jazz Society of Pensacola

 

Trumpeter Mike Vax, leader of the Stan Kenton Alumni Band, writes comparing the NYTimes article by Ben Ratliff to the Washington Post article about the Monk Jazz Piano Competition.

Thanks, Mike.

 

From: vaxtrpts [mailto:vaxtrpts at aol.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 12:50 PM
To: nvickers1 at cox.net
Subject: Re: Monk Piano Competition-- NYTimes, Ben Ratliff's piece

 

Here is a good example of some of what is wrong in our "jazz world" these days.  What a difference the two articles show!  Ben Ratliff's article is about JAZZ and EDUCATION and the Washington Post could care less about the music and the educational value of what went on.  It only cared about names and glitz.  

 

 

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