Posted by David Apolloni on February 05, 2001 at 05:31:26:
In Reply to: Now You Has Jazz posted by Robert Hoyt on February 04, 2001 at 23:16:23:
I was particularly peeved that a great deal of modern jazz was dismissed as "bland"--i.e. "West Coasa Jazz." I'm not sure that I know of any "bland" West Coast Jazz--certainly the music Stan Getz and Gerry Mulligan played was not bland.
The so-called "cool school" is what Burns-Marsalis accuses of being "bland." The most I can figure is that this is a codeword for "white." But I was always told that Miles Davis was supposed to be part of this.
Burns -Marsalis doesn't know what he is talking about.