tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post8739957648534976491..comments2024-03-28T20:53:54.312-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: Stanley Crouch (1945–2020)Michael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-59834755099222125832020-09-17T20:12:40.388-05:002020-09-17T20:12:40.388-05:00George, I don’t know how I posted my comment twice...George, I don’t know how I posted my comment twice. Now I get the joke. Earlier today, I just thought you were agreeing with me.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-24607095082714588552020-09-17T20:11:19.272-05:002020-09-17T20:11:19.272-05:00I believe it. :)I believe it. :)Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-10045141322182021162020-09-17T18:54:12.455-05:002020-09-17T18:54:12.455-05:00I often chatted with Stanley at various Jazz clubs...I often chatted with Stanley at various Jazz clubs around NYC. He was fiercely intelligent, sharp-tongued and frequently dismissive of any and all differing opinion. Sparkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830780568935016151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-46253626207329383082020-09-17T15:28:21.347-05:002020-09-17T15:28:21.347-05:00You can say that again.You can say that again.Geo-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09228768953715204493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-55806477672121819872020-09-17T15:16:21.039-05:002020-09-17T15:16:21.039-05:00Good question.
The great-man theory of musical hi...Good question.<br /><br />The great-man theory of musical history, the fetishizing of “swing,” the short shrift given to so many musicians, the general dissing of the so-called avant-garde, the “No one had ever heard anything like it before,” the relentless claims about jazz and democracy — it’s all so tiresome. I just found <a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2014/10/31/how-ken-burns-murdered-jazz/" rel="nofollow">this piece from 2014</a> via NPR’s obit for Crouch — you should find it interesting.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-2112946021863907542020-09-17T15:16:08.731-05:002020-09-17T15:16:08.731-05:00Good question.
The great-man theory of musical hi...Good question.<br /><br />The great-man theory of musical history, the fetishizing of “swing,” the short shrift given to so many musicians, the general dissing of the so-called avant-garde, the “No one had ever heard anything like it before,” the relentless claims about jazz and democracy — it’s all so tiresome. I just found <a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2014/10/31/how-ken-burns-murdered-jazz/" rel="nofollow">this piece from 2014</a> via NPR’s obit for Crouch — you should find it interesting.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-34022867328049578142020-09-17T14:24:56.862-05:002020-09-17T14:24:56.862-05:00I'm so happy to read this. I'm always in a...I'm so happy to read this. I'm always in a pack of Ken Burns-adoring people, and I say I don't like him. I've watched a couple of Ken Burns documentaries, but when I watched Jazz, I thought, here is something I know about and he's getting it so wrong. What about those other shows I didn't know so much about?Geo-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09228768953715204493noreply@blogger.com