Klarinet Archive - Posting 000331.txt from 2000/06

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] Pat Metheny interview regarding Kenny G.
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 22:46:24 -0400

At 10:42 PM 06/10/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>IMHO, I think the main point Pat Metheny is making (I am a fan of his from
>20 years back and he is an incredible musician and guitarist, as Roger
>pointed out), is that what Kenny G did, superimposing his own playing over
>Louis Armstrong's work, and marketing it, was tacky and tasteless, for the
>very reason that he had to ride on another person's work to obtain that
>market success. The fact that the late Mr. Armstrong is a musical icon in
>our society makes it doubly horrendous.

Patty,

Just a quick correction here - I didn't point anything out! I presented an
interview that was sent to me (in its entirety) as a point of interest -
not as my own opinon.

Sincerely,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Concert Band and Symphonic Winds
Advisor, Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
(309) 556-3268

"If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me,
this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very
best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until
the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't
amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, 10 angels swearing I
was right would make no difference."
-Abraham Lincoln

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