Respects to Joey Ramone, but

virgil tibbs sheik_of_encino at yahoo.com
Thu Dec 27 14:41:19 PST 2001


two words ---- Kenny G --- ravi <gadfly at home.com> wrote:
> Chuck Munson wrote:
>
> > ravi wrote:
> >
> >
> >>i dare not speculate on what is the most
> meaningful addition
> >>to the arts, but regarding the first part of your
> message:
> >>what does it mean to say "america" gave the world
> jazz? did
> >>not the black people give jazz to the world
> (excluding all
> >>the cuban, african and south american influences)?
> to what
> >>extent is it meaningful to appropriate the
> contribution of a
> >>minority oppressed group (black americans) as that
> of
> >>"america"?
> >>
> >
> > We can discuss who gave jazz to the world, but we
> know who took it away:
> > Ken Burns.
> >
>
>
> ;-) come now. half that credit goes to wynton!
>
> --ravi
>
>
>

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