Re: [JPL] Shades of Felicano & Hendrix in the 60s. René Marie stirs it up

[Michelle Mobley]

Jae said:
"One could argue that if they play anything other than the melody on the SSB it's no longer the composition. That's what it sounds like you're saying. Jazz musicians do that all the time but we don't say they're not playing the tune. - Jae Sinnett"

I always believed that the words to the National Anthem were composed prior to those words being applied to the music of the old pub tune.  At least that is what we were taught in grade school...you know the old tale of Francis Scott Key being inspired by watching the battle while he was being held prisoner aboard a Britich ship...

Nonetheless...I'll be the first to state (since no one else will) that the responses to this unfortunate event are certainly divided along racial lines...also unfortunate as we are all about supporting and promoting jazz music and musicians, not the division that this event has caused.