{"id":760,"date":"2004-07-06T08:53:54","date_gmt":"2004-07-06T15:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/2004\/07\/political_jazz\/"},"modified":"2004-07-06T08:53:54","modified_gmt":"2004-07-06T15:53:54","slug":"political_jazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2004\/07\/political_jazz.html","title":{"rendered":"POLITICAL JAZZ"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can you believe this?<\/FONT><\/EM>
\n<\/B><\/A>“I pray whoever is leading the country will be led by God, and I believe this current
\nadministration answers to a higher calling,” said Mr Bernsen, a well-known jazz musician living in
\nFort Lauderdale, Florida. <\/P>
\n

“I don’t wear the man’s shoes, but there’s enough fruit that falls from that tree to tell me what
\nI need to know. I believe George Bush has surrounded himself with enough of the right people for
\nme to know he is a godly person.”<\/P>
\n

It’s helpful to know that Randy Bernsen<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A> is a
\ngodly person himself, if being a member the Calvary chapel mega-church in Fort Lauderdale and
\nof a group called Christian Jazz
\nArtists<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A> does the trick. More helpful would be the answer to this
\nquestion: Is Bernsen’s jazz godly? <\/P>
\n

Judging from this recording Live @Tavern 213<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A>, I’d say not a
\nchance. Even recorded live — scratch that, especially<\/I> recorded live — he sounds no better
\nthan canned. Some folks, like these reviewers<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A>,
\nwould beg to differ. Make up your own mind. Here’s a home video sample of Bernsen playing solo<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A>.)<\/P>
\n

Admittedly, he does have a way with a title. Here’s a cutie: “Music for Planets, People & Washing
\nMachines.”<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A> Maybe he sounds better on that CD, although I doubt it.
\nBut whatever his jazz sounds like, as a polite friend says, “if he really thinks the stuff falling from
\nthat tree is fruit, he must have the eating habits of a coprophagus.”<\/P>
\n

Postscript from a reader:<\/STRONG> “Enjoying being petty: I listened,
\nwatched, and winced. I think ‘canned’ is extremely generous. Why is this no surprise after reading
\nhis quote?”<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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