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>>From: Chuck Grimes <cgrimes at tsoft.com>
>>
>>I've watch about four hours of it [Burns' Jazz series]. It's okay, but...
>>It's like anything
>>to do with the arts, it always takes the superficial turn, and there
>>is not enough music in it. I mean complete, solid, beginning to end
>>pieces. You know with a careful selection and a few hints, the music
>>will tell the stories.
>
>Well, for someone like me who didn't grow up with this music, this series
>is
>a godsend. Though I've long enjoyed isolated bits of jazz, I've never had
>any mental map of how the music evolved and how various legendary figures
>related to one another. At least now I'm getting insights that will help
>guide my future study and enjoyment of this music. As for Burns not
>offering enough complete pieces, this series is very long already, and the
>partial selections offered do provide incentive to go out and get the full
>recording. For once, I don't mind at all getting drawn into America's
>great
>merchandising maw and have already acquired three CDs by the notorious
>Sidney Bechet. And for those who want to avoid the corruptions of the
>marketplace, there's always the glorious web. Here, for instance, is a
>nifty site I just ran across with complete stride piano MIDI cuts:
>http://members.aol.com/midimusic/stride.html
>
>Carl
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