Originally posted by Nigel:
Hey get over where music actually originates from and simply play good music ... that is all that really matters. Certainly you can give credit to where you get it from ... but in the long run it really isn't important.
Years from now no-one really cares ... just make it sound good.
I'm suprised to hear you say that. I think a great many people care. Maybe not on this forum, but in the larger world, people care. It's an important part of our heritage, of who we are and where we've been. Seems to me, the least we can do is be factual about it. People like Leonard Bernstein, and Wynton Marsalis (a Nobel laureate), and numerous other music historians, have dedicated their lives to making sure that it's (music) story is told (accurately) and preserved.
I know it's not smart to disagree with 'the boss', but hopefully there is room on this forum for opposing views. Spalding is right; 'someone is always trying to rewrite history'. If that person is in a position to influence and educate our youth, don't we have a responsibility to speak up? Perhaps this is not the right forum, but this is where it happened. JMO.
chas
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