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  14. Wynton is live right now...

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    I am surprised that I am even commenting on anything Wynton related. I have no use for his music at all.

    I do respect his technical prowess on the horn. He is a phenomenal instrumentalist.

    But his improv? He has never reached me emotionally. (I make the same observation re: Bill Watrous (whom I idolized and tried to emulate as a player when I was in my younger years)

    No emotional substance. That is my opinion, but there it is.

    I also have harbored a long running grudge against him ever since his Jazz Times interview/feature circa 1981 0r '82. In it I remember him stating that - and I paraphrase - "this is the black man's music and I won't play with white musicians"

    If that isn't the exactly how he stated it, it is pretty close to the sentiment I gathered.

    And from that point I had him pegged. I told myself: "okay then, this white musician will never spend a dime on your music"

    So far so good. I do however have many of Branford's releases. And he reaches me emotionally.

    There, I went ahead and acknowledged the white elephant in the middle of the room; reverse racism in jazz.

    Then I suspect you would probably have to get rid of a lot of music from your collection (and collective listening experience). Because I'm sure the spirit of what Marsalis said - is/was -echoed publicly and privately by many Black American musicians.

    The music is Wynton Marsalis's cultural heritage, how he chooses to respond and proceed with it is his business.

    Nothing to do with the 'reverse racism' thing as you see it. Nothing whatsoever.

    And obviously he has mediated that stance over the years. But it is obviously a cultural and political position Black American musicians keep returning too in one form or another.

    I wonder why?

    I am sure you are correct. I would have been really surprised to see the Art Ensemble with a white guy for instance.

    The thing is, Wynton verbalized it. And yet, he turned right around and made a fortune (and a Grammy) playing classical music.....which really I have no problem with.

    But it is the hypocrisy of the situation that chaps my ass.

  15. Wynton is live right now...

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    reverse racism

    Sorry, but putting pop culture buzzwords aside, true "reverse racism" is non-racism.

    Racism either is or it isn't. The math of grammar tells me so, and even although grammar is a toy, math is gravity.

    Point!

    Discrimination, race based.

  16. Wynton is live right now...

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    Posted · Edited by Greg Waits

    I am surprised that I am even commenting on anything Wynton related. I have no use for his music at all.

    I do respect his technical prowess on the horn. He is a phenomenal instrumentalist.

    But his improv? He has never reached me emotionally. (I make the same observation re: Bill Watrous (whom I idolized and tried to emulate as a player when I was in my younger years)

    No emotional substance. That is my opinion, but there it is.

    I also have harbored a long running grudge against him ever since his Jazz Times interview/feature circa 1981 0r '82. In it I remember him stating that - and I paraphrase - "this is the black man's music and I won't play with white musicians"

    If that isn't the exactly how he stated it, it is pretty close to the sentiment I gathered.

    And from that point I had him pegged. I told myself: "okay then, this white musician will never spend a dime on your music"

    So far so good. I do however have many of Branford's releases. And he reaches me emotionally.

    There, I went ahead and acknowledged the white elephant in the middle of the room; reverse racism in jazz.

  25. Rich Perry

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    Posted · Edited by Greg Waits

    I first heard Rich in the early 80s at the Vanguard, playing with Thad and Mel.

    He was in Texas this past week for artist-in residence obligations (along with Alex Sipiagin and drummer Donald Edwards. They were in town thanks to the U.N.T. jazz department.

    Last week they played as part of a jazz series at Sammons Center for the Arts in Dallas. My quintet had the fortune to open for the group they played in (along with UNT profs pianist Stefan Karlson and bassist Lynn Seaton).

    They sounded great as would be expected!

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