Re: (idm) jazz supply

From Alex Reynolds
Sent Fri, Sep 3rd 1999, 18:57

>>I don't know. I'll probably get flamed but I think 98% of jazz is seriously
>>overrated. Mostly you get these suburban PBS yuppies with large jazz
>>collections saying how great (insert obscure jazz musician here) is.
>>Something about this fetishist, elitist attitude really disturbs me, since
>>a large part of how jazz has earned its cachet as "civilized" music is
>>through a bunch of rich people kissing up to blacks.
>
>good thing your argument doesn't draw any parallels to IDM, alex ;P

now, now, jeff.. you're just being cynical ;P

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