[78-L] Louis Armstrong RANT, WARNING

[Jeff Sultanof]

Well, Dr. Biel, I'm all for sentiment myself. So it's not for that reason. I
just think the song is maudlin. I have no issue with other sentimental
things Armstrong recorded. Armstrong, by the way, was hardly hurting for
work at that point, as ill as he was.

I stand corrected on your citation of the "Hitchhikers Guide."

Evidence? Names? Places? The Paterson and Ridgewood NJ school districts to
cite two examples. With all due respect, sir, before I post on this list, I
check what I post, or I know these things. I saw and heard two teachers in
two districts do just that. Students I've inherited have requested the song
and have asked me why I don't play it like 'Miss Hayes did.' I am not the
only who feels that music education needs some overhauling. I also teach
about 78s, which at this point hardly any child has ever seen.

Jeff Sultanof

>
>
> >>> Music teachers have actually used this recording to teach
> >>> the subject of Armstrong; many of them never heard of the
> >>> Hot Five.
>
> Evidence???  Names??  Places??  I'm sure that it probably has happened
> because as an ex-professor I know that teachers all too often don't know
> diddlysquat because their teachers also didn't know diddlysquat because
> Education is the degree all too many college kids take when they don't
> have the smarts for real subjects.  (Us college profs don't take
> Education courses, so we supposedly know our subject content but not how
> to teach.  K-12 teachers know how to teach but not what to teach because
> all they took were Ed courses.)
>
>
> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> >> And what the hell is all this outrage about Louis sullying
> >> himself by performing something other than jazz? Jee-zus!
> >> Did you get in a rage because Jimmy Durante sang "Young at Heart"
> >> without making reference to his pal Umbriago?
>
> No, I loved seeing him do this on the Hywd Palace program, and I loved
> those WB albums.  I'm a sucker for sentiment.
>
> >> I don't know when I've read a bigger load of crap than
> >> this thread.  dl
>
> Well, how about this?
>
> > No matter what you think of these singers, they're the flavor
> > of the month, but the legacy of both Bing and Satch continue.
> > And I bet Rudy Vallee is spinning in his grave with fury,
> > wondering why we're not mentioning him.  Cary Ginell
>
> Song stylist?  How about Fred Astaire?
>
> Mike (did I add to the crap load?) Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>
>
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