>so is this the long-searched single good version of the notorious exotica
>terror-of-turntables?
>
>Mo
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Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 21:19:47 -0800
From: "F. Cobalt" <fcobalt@lycos.com>
Subject: (exotica) Ken Burns Jazz saga displeasure continues
I read a good piece on this series in the New York Observer. Go to the site
http://www.newyorkobserver.com/
and just do a search for Ken Burns or what have you, you'll find it. I already knew that Marsalis had a very conservative, uptight attitude about jazz before the series, so I knew I didn't want to waste my time watching it, only to get irritated. His notions that innovation is bad and that early jazz never gets old, that solos are boring, and his obsessive focus on old jazz with no respect for anything during and after the 70s (and maybe even the 60s), have made him seem like a tired, aged, useless, white tenured college professor who will stop at nothing to maintain a boring, static status quo to the death. It would seem, from the endless talk and dismay about the incredible deficiencies of this series, that Burns did indeed give in to Marsalis' so-called "expertise". This in turn has resulted in Marsalis' continued attempt to rewrite the true history of jazz to suit his own needs. Seems utterly political doesn't it? Still, to downplay an artist like Sun Ra, who has such a wealth of recorded material it's barely accounted for, is astonishing. To denigrate free jazz is to sort of kick jazz lovers in the head. I have friends who are free jazz musicians who are fanatical about understanding and putting the history of jazz into as much context as they can. And the more I continue to learn about every corner of experiments in jazz, results in my abilities to enjoy all kinds of jazz even more.
Now that I'm done ranting, does anyone who's watched know if the show gave any attention to Latin jazz at all? Somehow I suspect that would have been given no more attention than fusion or acid jazz.
Unlucky
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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 00:21:46 -0500
From: Lou Smith <lousmith@pipeline.com>
Subject: (exotica) #19 ISSUE OF COOL AND STRANGE MUSIC MAGAZING IS HERE!
Forwarded on behalf of Dana Countryman, here's the latest hype:
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WEIRD AL YANKOVIC
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XAVIER CUGAT
Mr. Cugat undoubtably was the key factor of the popularity of Latin Music=
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JEAN JACQUES PERREY and the ONDIOLINE
Our Editor Dana Countryman traveled to Paris, France recently to meet=
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FAY LOVSKY
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DRINKS, DINING AND DESIRE
=A0There's nothing that goes better with a good meal than the right music,
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Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 22:22:17 -0700
From: "Matt Hinrichs" <mrh68@inr.net>
Subject: (exotica) Soundtrack reviews with cool cover art
I don't know if this page has been mentioned before, but here goes. Mostly
blaxploitation soundtracks with some of the exotica biggies thrown in (10th
victim, hell's belles, etc.). All entries have great cover scans. Dig it!
