You got to show me something more!

"Mama let that boy play some rock and roll, jazz is much too crazy, he can play it when he's old..." Doucet from "The Deuce is Loose"

I wish we had a lot more about the individuals and what influenced them musically. If you have seen Ken Burns' other documentaries, a lot the civil rights stuggle information is a re-hash of the same material over and over again. The history of the USA is the history of civil rights all the way back to the Pilgrims who where escaping religious discrimination. Just for a point of reference, my financee' is of a different race and she finds the civil rights coverage a little too much also.

Coltrane: Actually yes, you did make a blatent attemp at dweedling. So now we have established that you are capable of self denial and that I am capable of being a big prick. I also assume that we are both here because of our interest in music and perhaps gear (I do not know where you stand on this, I am interested in both). Let's keep it clean without the cheap shots from now on. I am currently into "Bella Ciao" but I am not going to force it down anyone's throat:-)

"Mama let that boy play some rock and roll, jazz is much too crazy, he can play it when he's old..." Doucet from "The Deuce is Loose"

So is that what drove Parker and Coltrane, two of the most influential musicians ever to pick up an instrument, to early deaths at ages of 34 and 41?

Jeffloistarca: You do of course realize that rock n' roll evolved from JAZZ, don't you?

Enjoy!
Coltrane1

"I wish we had a lot more about the individuals and what influenced them musically.

I've watched the entire series. I suspect you'll receive a lot more of what you might be looking for in the later episodes. 9 and 10 are a must see.

"If you have seen Ken Burns' other documentaries, a lot the civil rights stuggle information is a re-hash of the same material over and over again. The history of the USA is the history of civil rights all the way back to the Pilgrims who where escaping religious discrimination. Just for a point of reference, my financee' is of a different race and she finds the civil rights coverage a little too much also. "

I'm failing to understand why the issue of race included in this documentary is effecting so many people to the degree that it is turning them off to it. If one chose to view a biography about Elvis, wouldn't one want to hear about his early childhood in Tupalo, Mississippi?

I applaud your openmindedness towards integrating people into your life beyond the basis on their skin color. You my friend, obviously do get it!

I began this thread in the context of addressing a mind that didn't obviously get it. I'll end it by saying that if you don't understand jazz, fine...acknowledge this as a shortcoming, and you have the choice to, or not to, use that as a basis for educating yourself more about it. But by all means, don't dismiss the ONLY true art form ever created in this country as something irrelevent. To me, that only shows ignorance. Now I know there are those of you that will read that statement and see it as a put down. It's not meant to be, for a lot of people in this country are ignorant about jazz, and history. And yes, ignorance too is a choice.

Enjoy!
Coltrane1