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

[Marek Boym]

By the way, I liked most of the number that's atarted this discussion
(there were parts I did not).
Cheers

On 20 December 2014 at 19:09, Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:

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