Musical history

[Jon Ford]

Wayne-- your message came with a mysterious "Winmail.dat" that I dared not 
open for fear of catching a virus.Anyhow, Stanley Crouch is always full of 
good information on jazz, and his opinions are provocative. His essay on 
Michael Jackson is a classic, although it might offend some of Jackson's 
die-hard fans.

Jon




>From: "Wayne Johnson" <cadaobh2@brgnet.com>
>To: <austin-ghetto-list@ando.pair.com>
>CC: <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
>Subject: Musical history
>Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 10:38:54 -0400
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>Just listened to Stanley Crouch for a moment on KCSM.
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>It seemed about half a century ago, Lionel Hampton was in the NBC studios 
>to
>backup Louis Armstrong as a drummer.  Armstrong pointed out a newly 
>invented
>piece of musical equipment sitting in the back of the studio, something
>called a vibraphone.  It was the instrument that NBC used for its famous
>radio "NBC" sound-logo.  Hampton had never seen one before (nor had anyone
>else) but during the break began to play with it and...the rest is history.
>
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>Nice story.
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>About the same time, Duke Ellington is recording Mood Indigo, with
>"inverted" trombone and clarinet roles.   Absolutely one of America's 
>finest
>musical moments.
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>Wayne @ Cadaobh
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