Albright to be honored for her 'jazz diplomacy'

[rostasi]

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is ready, if invited,

to sit down at the drums next month when she will be honored

for her "jazz diplomacy" at a gala concert at the Kennedy Center.

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[JSngry]

Gerald's momma done hit it big!

Another link:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/madeleine-albright-ready-to-play-drums-at-monk-institute-gala-honoring-her-jazz-diplomacy/2012/08/21/2ea2be74-ebd2-11e1-866f-60a00f604425_story.html

I found this at once perplexing, uplifting, ironic, and more or less funny:

Albright says her interest in jazz was sparked in the 1980s when as a university professor she traveled to her native Czechoslovakia and met clandestinely with members of the Jazz Section of the Czech Musicians’ Union.

“They started literally as a group of musicians playing jazz because that was a way to oppose the system, and then they actually became a political force,” Albright said. “I visibly saw the role of American music, jazz specifically, in terms of revolting against the regime. ... It was a way of expressing support and wanting to be part of the West without going out there and marching.”

So much for Fire Music! :g

[brownie]

Beating the drums...

Photo credit: (Paul Morigi/ Getty Images for The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz)

[David Ayers]

Maybe now Donald Rumsfeld can be honored for his heavy metal diplomacy?

[robertoart]

Maybe now Donald Rumsfeld can be honored for his heavy metal diplomacy?

There is a photoshop image waiting to be made for that

I wish he had of been one of the Spinal Tap drummers.

[Soulstation1]

http://youtu.be/BUYfzaU9wYQ