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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>To: Musicians and Jazzfans, DJML<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>From: Norman Vickers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wow! Steve Cheseborough responds to my post of October 2016 and I sent out to both DJML and my own Musicians and Jazzfans list and got these interesting reactions within hours. Thanks to you hip musicians and jazzfan friends. I have collated the responses received for your convenience—read ( I hope) or skip—your choice. Conclusion: Dylan’s Nobel Prize for literature is still a hot-button item!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks, Norman<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>www.jazzpensacola.com<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> -----------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Roger Villines, immediate past president of Jazz Pensacola and jazz trumpeter and educator responded. Roger makes reference to his graduate study in jazz performance and education at University of North Texas.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Villines wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Except for a few songs, I too am not a big Dylan fan. However, he did write a lot of lyrics, which look a lot like poetry. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Here is link to Bob Dylan Lyrics book on Amazon. Pretty impressive output.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lyrics-1961-2012-Bob-Dylan/dp/1451648766/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1500052703&sr=8-4&keywords=bob+dylan+book"><span style='color:blue'>https://www.amazon.com/Lyrics-1961-2012-Bob-Dylan/dp/1451648766/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1500052703&sr=8-4&keywords=bob+dylan+book</span></a><br><br>Also, some years ago one of my UNT professor friends had a big interest in Bob Dylan music. Formed a band and presented Dylan based jazz, or maybe just jazzy rock. I thought it was sort of odd, but he was really into it...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> ---------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Andy Senior of Utica, NY is broadcaster, musician and editor of The Syncopated Times.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Andy writes:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I know I commented at length on Dylan before. I, too, don't "get" him, or why he merits Nobel status. He certainly borrowed from a number of sources in creating his work--though none dare call it plagiarism.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>If the Nobel committee was going to be handing out the Literature Prize to songwriters, it's tragic that they didn't get to it while Willard Robison was still alive.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Andy Senior <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Publisher and Editor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The Syncopated Times</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Exploring the World of Hot Jazz, Ragtime, and Swing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Subscription information at <a href="http://syncopatedtimes.com"><span style='color:blue'>syncopatedtimes.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Enjoy RADIOLA! anytime: <a href="http://radiola365.com"><span style='color:blue'>radiola365.com</span></a> (Playlists, archives, and more at <a href="http://radiolablog.blogspot.com"><span style='color:blue'>radiolarhythm.net</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> --------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Joe Scherzer, physician, clarinetist/saxophonist writes: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'>I am with you re Dylan. I don't 'get it' either. Dylan utilized a phony accent and phony name - not admirable from my point of view. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'> --------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'>Paul Kurtz, trumpeter of many styles of music from Jacksonville, FL writes:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ve thought about this since my first comments a year ago and although I still have my skeptic’s opinion, I have thought about it. Dillon went through so many phases in his musical and literary lives that they sort-of show a panorama from folk, to hippy, to religious convert, and on forward. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Since I’m a studier of music more than words, I’m curious as to whether he reflects this panorama in his writings. That would be the only thing that would qualify him in my book because his music didn’t really do so.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Paul Kurtz Jacksonville, FL<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> --End--<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>