<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpee48598eyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><p class="ydp39a7e17MsoNormal">Robert Calder,</p>
<p class="ydp39a7e17MsoNormal">I am guessing from the balance of your email that you are complaining
about people presenting or identifying something as trad jazz, when it is not. Assuming
I am correct, how do you define trad jazz? What are the elements of a
performance that makes it “tourist schmaltz”? Why do you think some musicians
were/are playing the “tourist schmaltz”?</p>
<p class="ydp39a7e17MsoNormal">It appears that you are criticizing Harry James for
comfortably swimming in a similar schmaltz. Assuming I am correct, why do you
think Harry James et al went in this direction?</p>
<p class="ydp39a7e17MsoNormal">Kevin Yeates</p>
<p class="ydp39a7e17MsoNormal">Vancouver, Canada</p></div><br></div></div></body></html>