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

[Jackson, Bobby]

I don't think this "event" is causing a division and I don't think this is completely a racial issue although there is some of that sentiment mixed in. I've shown this video to many people of different races and I find most people like it.  Maybe it's the company that I keep that is at play here.  It is a complex issue however that also crosses the boundaries of what is art and patriotism.  The real question for me is what is the INTENT of the artist?  I don't question Marie's patriotism.  She is sharing her point of view based on her own experience of being an American.  It is an interesting story and one that probably needs more airing out.  I find the whole thing really interesting.

Bobby

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

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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.

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