*********I don’t have to think about it. I know why I made the statement. This thread has a history of promoting noise makers by posting positive comments made by big time Jazz players. So and so can really play, MINGUS said bah bah bah, Cannonball praised him, Pops said he will be a star etc........**************
So when a musician from the present says he likes the music from another musician from 40 years ago, that he likes it and was influenced by it has no meaning.
And when a musician from 40 years ago says he was re-inspired by some present musician and really likes his music, we should ignore that also.
You just contradicted yourself because if you like Django’s music, as you have just posted that means that when I posted that the Duke and Pops thought Django was good (not a "noise maker"), you should have not replied with
***********Do you seriously think Pops and The Duke were "in awe" of this guy?They were just being nice and charitable, as they always were in public.************ because since you by your own fingers on the keys said you like Django and therefore the first quoted statement of yours above which indicates that you do not care what musicians say about noise makers (implying their just being nice and charitable) would not apply and be to Django. You made the post because you have a condescending personality and that is why. And please don’t try to deny this fact with your following slant on why you posted it.
*******My point is this, given the ’social conditions’ that prevailed at the time we are discussing, black musicians never criticized other musicians when asked to comment. They had nothing to gain by being negative and maybe a lot to lose.*********
Really? in an empty club during a jam session which the location might have been north of the Mason Dixon line?
***********As the great NY Giants and Dallas Cowboy football coach, Bill Parcells always said, "You are, what your record says you are". No more no less.*********
So that would mean that you are a firm believer that record sales and notoriety make you a better musician
You outdid yourself there.
Oh, and by the way I am a jazz lover, no matter if I was aware of Jimmy Reece Europe (another of your condescending remarks) or not.
