Klarinet Archive - Posting 000158.txt from 2009/01
From: "Peter Gentry" <peter.gentry@-----.uk>
Subj: RE: [kl] Rap discussion
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:34:25 -0500
I wish I had. When I was a teenager, ho ho, our local library had a record
section and the curator was fond of Blues ,Country and Jazz as well has the
classical repertoire. So we persuaded him to stock the Decca Origins of Jazz
Orange Label series and a lot of Library of Congress stuff. It was pure
delight. It started us off into skiffle at the time and Johnny Dodds started
me off on the clarinet (although I have never played Jazz).
Actually my first ever record was a 78rpm disc by Clarence Williams bought
in the local town market. I played it to death.
I really envy you having that close contact with the old boys we do get the
occasional band over here in the UK but when I was young there was a quota
system imposed by the Americans which meant very few American musicians
played in the UK. Unfortunately it didn't apply to Bill Hayley!
regards
Peter Gentry
-----Original Message-----
From: Forest Aten [mailto:forestaten@-----.com]
Sent: 08 January 2009 03:25
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: RE: [kl] Rap discussion
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Gentry [mailto:peter.gentry@-----.uk]
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 8:06 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: RE: [kl] Rap discussion
>
> No you misrepresent me. It is necessary to generalise at this level of
> discussion otherwise we would need several days to establish the
> context in
> which we are debating. Just believe me when I find all the rap I have
> come
> into contact with as trivial and mind numbing. My musical tastes cover
> The
> Sacred Harp Choral Society,Clarence Williams, Ida Cox, Blind Lemon
> Jefferson, King Oliver, Johnny Dodds, Ibert, Glass, Messiaen,
> Bach,Handel,Scriabin, Shostakovitch, Britten, Avo Peart, Joplin, Bob
> Dylan,
> Doc Watson, Jaqueline Dupre, Jimmie Hendrix, Humph, Julie Foulis,
> Leonard
> Bernstein, The Who, The Kinks, Beethoven, Debussy....I could go on for
> pages
> (and spell the names incorrectly) but the point is I have a wide
> appreciation of music and I still think rap is crap.
>
> regards
> Peter Gentry
>
>
Hey Peter.....you got some of dem singles put out by Blind Lemon Jefferson?
In 1926....well...and '27, 28 and 29....good stuff.
A Texas boy he was. I wonder if any of those Sacred Harp Choral folks (Texas
Chapter) ever hit the bars where Blind Lemon was playing.
My youngest daughter, a student at The University of Colorado, was the
committee chair of the distinguished speakers committee at the University.
Their task, each year, is to select and then contract people of note...to
speak at a big hoopla each year. Her first year on the committee she called
me and asked, "Hey Dad, could you call BB King and ask him if he would be
interested in talking at our "big hoopla". She asked because I had just
finished a playing a job with BB. I had been talking about what a great guy
and fascinating life King has lived and it captured my daughters attention.
King often speaks of Blind Lemon Jefferson and Lemon's influence on his life
and playing.
Well.....BB King not only talked at CU...but in a huge surprise to the
University, brought his band. They played, he talked....it was great.
Have you ever heard the old saying, "blues is for fools"? It kind of like
"rap is crap". Some folks just don't like the "blues"....just not
"uplifting" enough for them. LOL
I don't think this thread is about rap. Get the drift...in the riff?
Forest
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