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| From | Marty Rudnick <mrudnick@marturo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Jazz help |
| Date | Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:38:09 -0800 |
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Oh, sorry. I was referring to Ken Burn's NAZZ documentary. My bad.
Marty
That Stewkey cracks me up!
Ken Kase wrote:
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>On 3/10/06 12:44 PM, "Marty Rudnick" <mrudnick@marturo.com> wrote:
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>>As for me, I've been getting into bebop lately, particularly Dizzy
>>Gallespie's stuff from the late 50's. Miles Davis' "Birth of the Cool"
>>is also great stuff. I picked up on these two greats after watching Ken
>>Burn's fine documentary about Jazz.
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>Although I think it's great that you found out about new music from Burns'
>documentary film, I should offer this one caveat--"Jazz" is not the final
>word on the subject and is, in fact, loaded with inaccuracies and
>misrepresentations. That being said, there were some great rare film clips
>used. I just wish that they had talked to more musicians than critics and
>didn't leave the novice viewer with the impression that all the really good
>jazz happened before 1960 and was rescued by Wynton Marsalis twenty years
>later. Hogwash. There was a lot of creative music and big developments in
>jazz during that period.
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>But if anyone wants to hear some Guaraldi-esque jazz, I would suggest going
>to the source. Pianist Bill Evans (who is mentioned only in passing in the
>film), has some fine releases including "Everybody Digs Bill Evans", Waltz
>for Debby and "Sunday Night at the Village Vanguard"
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>--Ken
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