[78-L] Nazi rules for jazz performers

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Sun Mar 11 13:35:34 PDT 2012


Interesting how this was taken out of context.

dl

On 3/11/2012 3:58 PM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
> What's the fuzz?
> Every main label record producer has similar lists - but for commercial
> reasons. The outcome is usually similar as well.
> Ask Mitch Miller, whoever.
>
> Besides: this is taken from a short, fictional story that Skovorsky
> wrote in the 1950's, partly to provoke the Communist regime whose
> attitude towards jazz was akin to the Nazis'.
> Here's what actually was played - and recorded - in occupied Czechoslovakia:
> http://www.youtube.co/watch?v=2YnEeMsWw04&feature=related
>
> These were leading artists at the time. Please note the tempo (after
> 0'55), the occurrence of picked bass notes and scat singing.
> There are loads of examples like this to be found if you search youtube.
> Kristjan
>
>
>
> On 2012-03-11 18:34, Brian Bashford wrote:
>> They knew how to have fun did those Nazis ...
>>
>> http://boingboing.net/2012/03/10/nazi-rules-for-jazz-performers.html
>>
>> Brian B.
>>


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