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I think Bela is a fairly popular boy's name in Hungarian. Was Fleck named after Bartok? I must say I like bluegrass, and some country-and-western, but music is almost always only a background for me. I have forgotten my mask twice, and it does feel odd to suddenly find yourself without one when you discover you have left it home. Unlike many, I don't mind wearing the masks, but remembering them is always difficult. I keep them located in a chair right near the door to my apartment, to remind me. Take care, John my friend, and be safe. It is getting harder. WH > On June 28, 2020 at 1:12 PM John A Imani <[email protected]> wrote: > > My Man! > > Though I like his playing, and am fond of bluegrass, what was of moment > to me was the BLM sign behind him and his wife. Bluegrass and BLM, a tasty > heady concoction for these times. > > I don't listen much either and music videos don't do it for me. I > stopped listening to popular music when disco came in and it was then I knew > that our revolution had failed. But my girlfriend is deeply into it and it > was she who introduced me to Bela Fleck. But I turned it around and turned > her on to Django Reinhardt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Reinhardt and > Stephane Grapelli. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Grappelli > > In the 60s I belittled the importance of culture. This probably because > of the fratricidal rift between the Panthers and the US organization > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Organization#Rivalry_with_the_Black_Panthers_(1969) > which was heavy into African culture. And killing Panthers. How wrong I > was about the music of our time, I can see in retrospect. Music helped move > the movement forward. > > I had hoped to find that his name was given in honor of Bela Kun, of the > short-lived Hungarian SSR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Kun , who > was martyred by Stalin. But he has 3 given names all of them after musicians. > > Take care and b safe, Dumb assed me, went out to CVS this morning > without mask. First time I forgot. Gon put a cheap one in my pocket as a > guard against old age. > > JAI > > On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 8:50 AM < [email protected] > mailto:[email protected] > wrote: > > > > Music is wonderful, for most people, John, but I have to > confess that I am tone deaf and have never been much of a fan of music. I > know it is strange, but then I am strange in many ways. I am the only person > I know who is not into music much at all -- I love the local classical music > station, we are lucky to have such a station here in Tidewater VA, but even > it is just background for my driving and I do not listen while at home. > Thanks for trying to clue me in, I imagine this is all just great, but I > cannot get into it. In solidarity nevertheless, Wythe > > > > > > > > > On June 27, 2020 at 9:44 PM John A Imani < > > [email protected] mailto:[email protected] > wrote: > > > > > > Comrade, > > > > > > Watching just an awesome recital by the couple > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8p3HNGmEkA . Banjos with a "Black Lives > > > Matter" sign as background. They promised to stream it for a few weeks. > > > The first part is a Jazz trio that did not interest me as I came to hear > > > Bela. Me and V have seen him at least twice, maybe 3,4 times. > > > > > > If only interested in this part its easy to navigate to it > > > just move cursor to almost the end that isn't. Their performance is > > > maybe 25 - 30 mins long. > > > > > > They do a song on the indigenous. She sings one in Chinese > > > that she learned during an extended stay in Sichuan. They duet on a > > > Hank, Sr tune. Sing an Abbey Lincoln > > > https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Abbey+Lincoln+ tune > > > introduced by pointing at her activism. Last thing "Take me to Harlem" > > > with great lyrics but, I think, musically missing something. Maybe a > > > gospel choir. > > > > > > Comrade, I am far from a musicologist but know what I like > > > when I hear it. > > > > > > In the 60's the soundtrack to our lives was cause and effect > > > of our struggles, protests, movements. There must be a music of this > > > movement. Maybe musics. But Fleck's incursion of his politics into this > > > Allegheny world sounds a tocsin for others to follow. Not just bluegrass > > > but C&W, folk, rap, R&B, classical, jazz and blues. > > > > > > We must find, encourage and support our troubadors-to-be. I > > > know one personally. Devin Hoff is a world-class bassist > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Hoff who shifts through the varied > > > music scenes listed above with grace, fluidity, mastery of himself and > > > his instrument, bass. Even better is his politics. Even better is the > > > man. He currently lives and will soon be active again in NYC, hopefully > > > the C19thing will be beaten even though it is 'managed' by a rudy-poot > > > nincompoop. > > > > > > But as for Bela Fleck and Abigail Wishburn's presentation all > > > that was missing, besides the gospel choir, was Doc and Merle Watson but, > > > alas, both are gone. > > > > > > > > > Freihofer's Jazz Fest: Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn with > > > Skidmore Jazz Institute Alumni Trio > > > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8p3HNGmEkA > > > > > > JAI > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
