tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370.post8899670718462307989..comments2023-09-04T08:44:59.620-07:00Comments on Running The Voodoo Down: MORE NOISE OFFSTAGE THAN ONPhil Freemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041604069121995890noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370.post-10726542076903085302010-07-11T08:05:08.983-07:002010-07-11T08:05:08.983-07:00Yeah, the exact details escaped me; the thing that...Yeah, the exact details escaped me; the thing that stuck out the most was Wynton Marsalis coming out and taking the pissy fan's side, not Ochs'. That seemed churlish even by his standards.Phil Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041604069121995890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370.post-89282214926061442812010-07-10T00:15:16.267-07:002010-07-10T00:15:16.267-07:00the spanish story actually involved a jazz fan, wh...the spanish story actually involved a jazz fan, who wanted a refund because larry ochs & drumming core were not playing "jazz"<br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/dec/09/jazz-festival-larry-ochs-saxophone<br /><br />Ochs' reaction:<br />"What in the world is going on in this time-period, when everyone seems to be drawing lines in the sand beyond which they won’t tolerate anything “more” (or “less”)? How can we ever get everyone to be open to the idea of living together in a tolerant world with various ways of viewing that world and being in that world when, within the confines of even the arts world, people like Mr. Marsalis feel the need to publicly censor “the other”? There is no doubt that the Drum Core (and Rova) plays art-music that expressly draws ideas, sounds and inspiration from jazz; no one would argue with that. So of course we should be presented at jazz festivals looking for something adventurous to present. My opinion: no one owns the right to decide what qualifies as jazz or not-jazz. (In fact, this issue is dated and irrelevant except at a capital-J Jazz Institution. But then that institution has every right to limit who it allows to enter its own realm anyway, so there’s no reason for anyone to feel threatened, correct?) And it seems to me that any promoter who loves improvised music including jazz, should have the right and the ability to hire any band that they wish to, if they believe that their audience would be surprised and stimulated by, and (even) enjoy, the music."<br /><br />The entire text here:<br />http://rova.org/newsletter/jan-feb_10_newsletter.htmlGuy Petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04816591307491172287noreply@blogger.com