Jazz

Carl Remick carlremick at hotmail.com
Wed Jan 17 20:07:39 PST 2001



>In this new series, does Burns lather on the cheesy patriotism like he
>did in previous series?
>
>In other words, can I still play the Ken Burns drinking game, which
>involves taking a swig every time somebody says "America"?
>
>Chuck0

The very subject matter doesn't give much latitude for this. Sidney Bechet (among others) had to flee to Paris to really feel at home as a performer; Bix Beiderbecke was suffocated by his repressive Midwestern family; Duke Ellington had to lease a private railroad car so he and his musicians wouldn't be discriminated against while touring the South. You can't put too much of a USA-all-the-way spin on material like that.

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