[Dixielandjazz] Israeli Jazz in NYC

Marek Boym marekboym at gmail.com
Sun May 6 13:16:55 PDT 2012


Just a hoax.  Carried out by Israelis in this case, but at least in
that field Israel (and other countries) follow in the footsteps of
America.
Cheers

On 6 May 2012 22:49, Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>> <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Dear Steve,
>> We have been through that before.  As far as I can tell, whatever it
>> is, jazz it is not.  Of all the Cohen siblings (three claim to be jazz
>> players), only Anat plays what sounds jazz to my ears.
>> No, I am not going to engage in the discussio of what jazz is again -
>> it's futile.  I don't quite see why the purveyors of all those various
>> styles of music(?) clamour for them to ba called jazz, except perhaps
>> because of what Eddie Condon said aeons ago: "A terrible thing has
>> happened to jazz: it became respectable."
>> The Cohen Brothers Band appeared in Caesarea in a programme of early
>> Armstrong music.  The best I can say about it is that it only rarely
>> deteriorated into modern mayhem.
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> Dear Marek:
>
> Why shoot the messenger? I am not arguing for or against the article., just
> passing it on.. <grin>
>
> Tell the folks at the UN or the Israelis that what they are presenting is
> not jazz. Or tell everyone else in the world who listens to it, that it is
> not jazz but rather some sort of Israeli hoax.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
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