Re: [microsound] jazz and race

[Data General <btausig@xxxxxxxxx>]

comparable, not identical.  it's music equally informed by music with
roots in europe and africa.  Like jazz, electronic music is the product of
a racially-defined encounter.

On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, tad wrote:

> On 6/3/03 at 5:55 PM, Data General <btausig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I really do think that electronic music is, culturally,
> > entirely comparable to what jazz was in the United States in
> > the early 20th century.
>
> How so? I'm sure you could manage this on a selective basis, but you'd
> be leaving out some big issues, like minstrelsy and the Jim Crow laws.
>
> Don't forget that Woodrow Wilson segregated the Federal office
> buildings upon his election (Duke Ellington's father worked for the
> Department of the Navy) and spoke favorably about D. W. Griffith's
> "Birth of a Nation" after a private screening at the White House...
>
> Best,
>
> Tad
>
>
> <tad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
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