[Dixielandjazz] [Norton AntiSpam]Re: Wynton Marsalis-Not quite OKOM

[Marek Boym]

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> I'm sorry if I rattled your cage. My view (for what it's worth) is that
> music (of all genres from Classical to Folk) has evolved. I do not like
> Frank Sinatra and similar singers - but they evolved over their lifetimes.
> The music that Benny Goodman played in his later years was very different
> to that of his youth.
>

 That is a personal development, not a generic one.

I do not like a lot of the music of Freddie Hubbard, John Coltrane & Miles
> Davis, but I defend the right of others to like and enjoy it.
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Of course, although I' like Philip Larkin, find it  difficult to believe
that anybody can genuinely enjoy Coltrane!

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> To put it bluntly, Jazz is a broad church with many divisions.
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That is debatable.  I don't mind if people call it all "music" (personally,
I don't), but I do not beliee ite has anything to do with jazz (hence
quotation marks in my references to "modern jazz").


> Some of which I subscribe to and others which leave me cold. It's a free
> choice. Hence my exhortation to "loosen up". If you don't like a particular
> artist or performance that's fine - BUT do not rubbish it - others may well
> enjoy it.
>

It has nothing to do with loosening up.  Live and let live.  As to the
musicians in quesion, I'll paraphrase Eddie Condon - perhaps there is room
for Coltrane music (?) - preferably where I am not.  Others may enjoy the
freedom of listening to whatever they please, but, like with smoking  - out
of the range of my ears.
Cheers



> Here endeth the sermon!
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> Best wishes, (I think that we're really on the same side!)
>
> Louis
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