Wynton and the Interview:
The whole thing was a setup. It happens all the time. Of course The Frogman knows this better than any of us.
Lets set the stage.
You have, on stage, the most important person in the world of Jazz today. The leader of the Nation's Jazz band. One of the most talented and the most knowledgeable person in Jazz. From a family considered Jazz Royalty, and from New Orleans, the birthplace of the music. With him, is another person from New Orleans, and surely a future star in the music, a young guy, and band leader of a National late night TV house band..
The audience is full of Jazz enthusiasts. This is Jazz heaven, they must have thought.
Soooooo, what do we talk about? I know I have a billion questions.
What did they actually talk about? How many of you guessed, "The Irish Influence on Jazz"? Not any hands showing.
The moderator was grinning so broadly, you could count all his teeth.
We have all seen this movie before. It is pervasive in sports and entertainment in the U.S. Esp where black folks are involved.
Cheers
Note to OP. Black people in the U.S. are a lot more than "descendants of Slaves". With that attitude, they will still be stuck in the inner city, 5000 years from now.
The whole thing was a setup. It happens all the time. Of course The Frogman knows this better than any of us.
Lets set the stage.
You have, on stage, the most important person in the world of Jazz today. The leader of the Nation's Jazz band. One of the most talented and the most knowledgeable person in Jazz. From a family considered Jazz Royalty, and from New Orleans, the birthplace of the music. With him, is another person from New Orleans, and surely a future star in the music, a young guy, and band leader of a National late night TV house band..
The audience is full of Jazz enthusiasts. This is Jazz heaven, they must have thought.
Soooooo, what do we talk about? I know I have a billion questions.
What did they actually talk about? How many of you guessed, "The Irish Influence on Jazz"? Not any hands showing.
The moderator was grinning so broadly, you could count all his teeth.
We have all seen this movie before. It is pervasive in sports and entertainment in the U.S. Esp where black folks are involved.
Cheers
Note to OP. Black people in the U.S. are a lot more than "descendants of Slaves". With that attitude, they will still be stuck in the inner city, 5000 years from now.