JAM Magazine: February/March 1998 Issue: Correspondence

Thanks From The Folly
It is with sincere gratitude that I acknowledge the generous contribution of $1,000 awarded in October by the Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors in support of the Folly Jazz Series. The Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors are to be commended for this generous funding program, and for all of your hard work conducted throughout the year in support of the Kansas City jazz community.

Again, thanks very much. Your support of the Folly Jazz Series is very much appreciated.

Sincerely,
Doug Tatum
Executive Director
Folly Theater
Kansas City, MO

A Successful Showcase
To the KC Jazz Ambassadors,
Thank you so much for participating in our First Annual New Talent Jazz Showcase on November 15. The response to the concert was unbelievably good and everyone is looking forward to next year's performance.

We could not have accomplished such a great evening of entertainment without your assistance. Organizations like yours make it possible for us to do our homeless ministry and to assist homeless families in their journey toward self-sufficiency.

We hope you will want to participate next year. We will begin preparations around February. In the meantime, the entire LINC staff joins with me to say "thank you."

With gratitude,
Jan Justice
Executive Director
LINC/
Living In New Community
Kansas City, MO

Club 427 Online!
We have added your site to our link page for Jazz Connections. Please add our site to your link pages. Our address is -- www.Club427.com

Thanks,
Bill Meeker
Club 427 Webmaster
Kansas City, MO

A Cyber-Celebration of KC Jazz
To the KC Jazz Ambassadors,
I hope you will enjoy looking at KC Jazz Age.com. It's a new web site celebrating Kansas City's great jazz age of the 1920s and '30s.

We'd love to link with the Ambassadors!

Joy Kuhl
Kansas City Area Development Council
Kansas City, MO

(Consider it done. You are now the 591st link at the JAM web site. -- Ed.)

Make That 592...
I just discovered your site. Compliments on its scope! A lot of good stuff.

In your "jazz links" section you might add our web site, Ekrano Magazine, a magazine of jazz (and film) reviews. The URL is http://www.nwlink.com/~eschwab/ekrano.htm.

Erik Schwab
Seattle, WA

A Good Idea
I was glad to see the prominent display of Kansas City jazz artists' recordings at Borders on Metcalf. Bought Karrin Allyson's Daydream. Terrific!

It would be great if all the music media stores would feature Kansas City artists in the same way as Borders.

Don Brown
Overland Park, KS

More on Petric/Kenny G
(In the October/November JAM, we ran a reprint of a rather harsh review of a 1993 Kenny G concert written by John Petric of Columbus, Ohio's The Other Paper. Reaction, both pro and con, appeared in the December/January JAM. But one more letter came in after deadline from a fairly esteemed source.)

Not that I disagree with anything said, but if you're going to spend that much space with clever put-downs of people like G, the writer might better serve an audience by telling or showing exactly what's wrong with the artist in the musical sense.

Yeah, it's cotton candy for the ears, as one wise man said; but why not describe the easy riffs, the derivative stuff, the watered-down Trane, the mushy harmonies and all the other "new age" shit that comes out of his horn, while acknowledging that the facile but genuine technique is used to serve lightness instead of thought.

Years ago the super-hip used to beat up on George Shearing the same way; but how many times can you say the same thing? (Now Shearing is looked upon as a classic. I do doubt that G will be in 20 years!)

Don Rose
Chicago, IL

(Don Rose is a past political consultant for Martin Luther King, Jr. and Chicago Mayors Jane Byrne and Harold Washington. He was also once a roommate of Fats Navarro and friend of Charlie Parker. He now devotes himself to free-lance writing on food, travel and the arts. -- Ed.)

RETURN TO FEBRUARY/MARCH 1998 MAIN INDEX

------------------------------------------------------------------------
© Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors 1996-2001. All rights reserved.






	Search our site:		Thanks From The Folly It is with sincere gratitude that I acknowledge the generous contribution of $1,000 awarded in October by the Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors in support of the Folly Jazz Series. The Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors are to be commended for this generous funding program, and for all of your hard work conducted throughout the year in support of the Kansas City jazz community. Again, thanks very much. Your support of the Folly Jazz Series is very much appreciated. Sincerely, Doug Tatum Executive Director Folly Theater Kansas City, MO A Successful Showcase To the KC Jazz Ambassadors, Thank you so much for participating in our First Annual New Talent Jazz Showcase on November 15. The response to the concert was unbelievably good and everyone is looking forward to next year's performance. We could not have accomplished such a great evening of entertainment without your assistance. Organizations like yours make it possible for us to do our homeless ministry and to assist homeless families in their journey toward self-sufficiency. We hope you will want to participate next year. We will begin preparations around February. In the meantime, the entire LINC staff joins with me to say "thank you." With gratitude, Jan Justice Executive Director LINC/ Living In New Community Kansas City, MO Club 427 Online! We have added your site to our link page for Jazz Connections. Please add our site to your link pages. Our address is -- www.Club427.com Thanks, Bill Meeker Club 427 Webmaster Kansas City, MO A Cyber-Celebration of KC Jazz To the KC Jazz Ambassadors, I hope you will enjoy looking at KC Jazz Age.com. It's a new web site celebrating Kansas City's great jazz age of the 1920s and '30s. We'd love to link with the Ambassadors! Joy Kuhl Kansas City Area Development Council Kansas City, MO (Consider it done. You are now the 591st link at the JAM web site. -- Ed.) Make That 592... I just discovered your site. Compliments on its scope! A lot of good stuff. In your "jazz links" section you might add our web site, Ekrano Magazine, a magazine of jazz (and film) reviews. The URL is http://www.nwlink.com/~eschwab/ekrano.htm. Erik Schwab Seattle, WA A Good Idea I was glad to see the prominent display of Kansas City jazz artists' recordings at Borders on Metcalf. Bought Karrin Allyson's Daydream. Terrific! It would be great if all the music media stores would feature Kansas City artists in the same way as Borders. Don Brown Overland Park, KS More on Petric/Kenny G (In the October/November JAM, we ran a reprint of a rather harsh review of a 1993 Kenny G concert written by John Petric of Columbus, Ohio's The Other Paper. Reaction, both pro and con, appeared in the December/January JAM. But one more letter came in after deadline from a fairly esteemed source.) Not that I disagree with anything said, but if you're going to spend that much space with clever put-downs of people like G, the writer might better serve an audience by telling or showing exactly what's wrong with the artist in the musical sense. Yeah, it's cotton candy for the ears, as one wise man said; but why not describe the easy riffs, the derivative stuff, the watered-down Trane, the mushy harmonies and all the other "new age" shit that comes out of his horn, while acknowledging that the facile but genuine technique is used to serve lightness instead of thought. Years ago the super-hip used to beat up on George Shearing the same way; but how many times can you say the same thing? (Now Shearing is looked upon as a classic. I do doubt that G will be in 20 years!) Don Rose Chicago, IL (Don Rose is a past political consultant for Martin Luther King, Jr. and Chicago Mayors Jane Byrne and Harold Washington. He was also once a roommate of Fats Navarro and friend of Charlie Parker. He now devotes himself to free-lance writing on food, travel and the arts. -- Ed.) RETURN TO FEBRUARY/MARCH 1998 MAIN INDEX ------------------------------------------------------------------------ © Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors 1996-2001. All rights reserved.