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  7. Are there any brothers up in here?

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    just for some historical perspective - in my opinion the further jazz has moved from it's folk roots, the less justified are we in calling in black music. It is not racially or ethnically specific. There's a great passage by Ralph Ellison in which he points out that the music is transmitted culturally, not genetically. Of course African Americans had some advantage intially in the development of the music, but mass distribution has largely taken care of that. Still, we musn't lose sight of the fact (and I'm not saying that we have, here ) that virutally all of the special quality of American vernacular music comes from the contributions of African Americans, at least initially. And I would add that I consider the African American cultural heritage part of my own heritage, as it is very specifically American.

  12. Rollins' 60's work

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    there are many problems with his late recordings - first, Tommy Campbell, the drummer, sucks, is way too loud; the electric bass dominates the group. The ironic thing is that Sonny, at one time, was working to unclutter the rhythm section; the late groups are nothing but clutter. Also, I hate the sound of the albums; Sonny started using that clip-on microphone, which is incredibly un-natural sounding. And most of the studio albums were mixed terribly, and sound like they were recorded with complete isolation. Sonny sounds like he phoned it in, and everything is equallly loud, as though they were fantasizing they might get some commercial air play. Sad stuff -

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