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from the late graham collier site--- http://www.jazzcontinuum.com/Writings/Identity%20Crisis/IdentMisc/index.html Obama on jazz January 2009 President Obama’s decision to give his first television interview on jazz to NRK (the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) was greeted with dismay by the Marsalis party. ‘Although our stance on jazz being purely African American may appear to have lessened lately, we still feel that it’s too early to recognise Norwegian Jazz as being a worthy descendant of the music of Louis or Duke. We also protest the sponsorship of the broadcast by the German record company ECM.’ Historically the Marsalis party has been a strong supporter of the idea that jazz belongs only to African Americans. When asked ‘What do you think about European jazz?’ leader Wynton’s comment ‘If it is swinging and has some blues in it, I love it’, was greeted with derision by most European leaders, with Norway threatening to withdraw its ambassador from Washington. Only last year deputy leader Branford took this further saying that ‘only those who have internalised the culture and way of life of African Americans can become jazz musicians. A prerequisite for this is to live in the US.’ And, In a recent interview with Wynton, the pianist Ethan Iverson said that ‘Jazz culture wasn’t part of my upbringing’, to which Wynton replied ‘Yes, it was. You’re an American’. In these times of bi-partisanship these remarks could be seen as signs of a lessening of the Marsalis stance on race and origin. However the jazz website Destination Out chose to see it another way: ‘Here is Wynton at his best, his most magnanimous, his most Whitmanesque. Here’s the Dean of The One True Path of Real Jazz implicitly telling a white guy from Wisconsin that by taking the craft seriously and studying the past masters, that this is his birthright just as much as a third-generation musician from New Orleans. It’s a wonderful moment.’ President Obama’s address to the jazz world – made partially in Norwegian as a gesture to his hosts, forgetting perhaps, in a rare slip more reminiscent of his predecessor, that they speak better English than most Americans - made reference to both statements. He said that the change he was looking for was a much bigger one ‘We need to recognise that good jazz can come from anywhere in the world, be it Norway, Australia, even Kenya, ‘where my father came from, as I think I may have told you, and where they’ve named a road – or is it a town? – after me’. In his closing remarks the President said ‘my party’s motto – it ain’t who you are it’s the way that you do it’ - is more relevant to jazz today than the Marsalis party could ever have imagined. The first order I have given to newly appointed special jazz envoy Jan Garbarek, is that he go to Kenya to find that road – or town - and establish the first Barak Obama jazz college there. The Norwegian government has agreed to fund the scheme to have such colleges everywhere in the world on the condition that student’s originality would be encouraged (no more Coltrane-esque clones), and jazz standards would be barred. I realise that the decisions not to allow soloists to play long streams of meaningless scales, and to prevent ‘Autumn Leaves’ from being played anywhere ever again won’t be popular with the Marsalis party. But in this time of the credit crunch and global warming I have to think of all the CO2 we will save by cutting out unnecessary notes, and the forests we’ll save by not having to print hundreds of fake books.’ As Obama was leaving a member of the press asked where all the students would find work after they graduated. Pausing in mid-stride the President said he was working on that and it would be a priority of his some time during February.

(1024x768) i heard it faintly and sweetly through the trees yesterday as i walked the grounds. shhhh can you? let the earth rejoice

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has your credit/debit card been violated?? how many have you been reissued after your information was stolen???? our national credit card issuers are dragging their feet on updating their security technology and we are all paying a huge price. the next time you swipe your card, know that magnetic stripes are unsafe. while we merrily swipe away, remember that our credit card method is on the verge of extinction in the rest of the world. http://www.creditcar...curity-3183.php http://www.creditcar...t-card-1267.php http://www.creditcar...europe-1273.php Beware the next time you want to use your credit card at the check-out counter. This ritual is pretty out-dated and the rest of the world does not do this anymore. The US is the only developed country that seems to be hanging on to the debit cards and credit cards with the magnetic stripes, the ones that you normally swipe at retail outlets. All the other developed nations have switched over to the smart cards or the chip-based cards. The magnetic stripes on the back of these credit cards are very unsafe. Having account information on that magnetic stripe is as good as writing the information on the post card. All the information that is on the on the magnetic stripe can be copied easily. US merchants, consumers, and banks are spending billions each year to prevent credit card fraud. The advantage with the smart cards is the fact that the information cannot be copied. Hence, this helps in reducing fraud. These smart cards have the built-in chips and they are equivalent to having it in a safe. The information on these smart cards can only be unlocked with the use of the right key. Since the key information remains hidden, these cards cannot be replicated. However, the magnetic stripes seem to be so entrenched in the entire system in US that the retailers, banks, and payment processors have been unable to come to a consensus regarding revamping the entire system. At the moment, US are left behind the rest of the world and that is creating problems for the US citizens. Mallory Duncan who is the general counsel of the National Retail Federation states that the card system in the nation has been dysfunctional for quite some time now. There seems to be an increase in credit card fraud due to the technology which is so outdated. This should have been fixed a long time ago. Now, there are serious steps that are being taken to swap the conventional cards for the cards for the smart cards in the next few years. Visa had announced some change in policies last month and that will give the banks and the stores in the US a reason to make the switch and start accepting them at least starting from 2015. This is a watershed moment states Eric Schindewolf who is the product manager for 'smart cards' at Wells Fargo. He added that a number of smart cards are likely to come out in the near future. clapton

this makes a lot of sense--too much sense. thx.

abide with me a hymn of the period

thank you, bunny. the film was superb!!!!!!!! the acting and photography-----splendid!!!!!! timeless. i'll watch it again tomorrow.

jazz pianist roberta piket now guest hosting on wkcr until 9pm eastern time.. wkcr

wkcr now playing by yoshi wada bagpipes hooked to an air compressor(lament)..about 20 minutes left on the track. wkcr

thanks for the heads ups, bunny and med!!!!!!!!

crazy man, they call me----- an old old old worn out record friend... we've been through a lot together we've been lots of places more than our share of good times; far less than our share of bad times............ PATTY!!!!!

is the bluegrass station in dc still kicking? i gave it up for dead 5+ years ago.

(1024x768) what most of us term music is man's profane bastardization of the universal sounds. his feeble attempts at beauty can never come close to beauty of the music of the the aeternal.

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we spend lives plotting our trails from this moment to wherever, whenever, anywhere. media are fiends on feeding us news on what's going to happen, most of it balderdash. <br type="_moz"> we never ever check back to see if they were right; we are obsessed with the next event. we 'need' to 'know' the future. the passions to deal with reality and yet dismiss it are every waking second gnawing at our heels. country singer geo. jones is 80 years old today. radio station wsm will be featuring his music tonight. host eddie stubbs will be playing all george jones recordings from 8pm our time to 1am. http://www.wsmonline...ay-celebration/ like jazz, today's country music is on the rocks, but it had its day, and george jones was an essential ingredient. who would have bet on the possum making 80??? http://www.youtube.c...h?v=1R2F9f2Cl6Y

amen, brother jim!!!!!

legendary wsm radio host eddie stubbs will be featuring 5 hours of all george tonight starting at 7pm central daylight time on wsm radio, and knowing eddie, an interview or two. like jazz, today's country music is on the rocks, but it had its day, and george jones was an essential ingredient. http://www.wsmonline.com/

drummer, music collector, jazz historian clay grossman is now broadcasting on wnur.org. transmitter is off. http://www.wnur.org/

Art is a wonderful thing, to be able to bring something out of the human brain and communicate it in a fascinating way. .....and most particularly to/with our young......... thanks for the perspective.

so many of our recorded heroes had such frightful tragic lives, with many destroyed at such tender ages, despite the beautiful blossoms of creativity they shared or were. hearing their beauty and knowing at least some of the hell's many of them lived, sometimes the stench of their tragedies is just too strong to bear.....

QH MY!!!!!! SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!! my cat, the 25 pound ms.goodspeak, often jumps up beside me when i listen to morty feldman, which is often, but horns don't move her. she has more than her share of slow twitch fibers.

'Not going to bash the defenses too much. College kids. You get what you pay for. ' sweet, papsy.

i doubt if major college football has ever had such a large audience for such an inept display of last minute defense by 2 teams. both defensive coordinators should be fired. my first view of the winning td was that the receiver was out of bounds, but that was clearly not the case.