{"id":209,"date":"2009-06-19T06:46:59","date_gmt":"2009-06-19T10:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/2009\/06\/jazz_that_classy_music\/"},"modified":"2011-04-28T16:34:03","modified_gmt":"2011-04-28T20:34:03","slug":"jazz_that_classy_music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2009\/06\/jazz_that_classy_music.html","title":{"rendered":"Jazz, that classy music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saxophonist Steve Wilson and I talked about &#8220;Jazz and the Class Divide&#8221; at Dartmouth College, and<a href=\"http:\/\/fora.tv\/2009\/04\/04\/Howard_Mandel__Steve_Wilson_Jazz_and_the_Class_Divide\"> here&#8217;s<\/a> the entire half-hour clip on foratv.com. <\/p>\n<p>Wilson, a gentleman and a great player, was touring with the Blue Note 7, the band anchored by pianist Bill Charlap that&#8217;s been a big thing because Blue Note refers to the record label celebrating its 70th year in business in 2009. I get a couple chuckles out of watching myself, especially when I lose my point. . . but I do pick it up (Oh yeah &#8211; &#8211; Cecil Taylor can quote Messaein without hardly trying!). Well anyway, between the two of us some points were raised. I hope you&#8217;ll enjoy this talk. Please let me know about that with which you disagree. <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.howardmandel.com\/\" target=\"blank\">howardmandel.com<\/a> <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedburner.com\/fb\/a\/emailverifySubmit?feedId=1102712&amp;loc=en_US\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe by Email <\/a>  |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/JazzBeyondJazz\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe by  RSS<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\" target=\"_blank\">Follow on Twitter <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/archives.html\" target=\"_blank\"> All JBJ posts <\/a> |<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/w.sharethis.com\/widget\/?tabs=web%2Cpost%2Cemail&amp;charset=utf-8&amp;style=default&amp;publisher=6ed88875-2235-4b29-aaa3-60183b0bcbcc\"><\/script> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saxophonist Steve Wilson and I talked about &#8220;Jazz and the Class Divide&#8221; at Dartmouth College, and here&#8217;s the entire half-hour clip on foratv.com. Wilson, a gentleman and a great player, was touring with the Blue Note 7, the band anchored by pianist Bill Charlap that&#8217;s been a big thing because Blue Note refers to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[341,340,342,338,339],"class_list":{"0":"post-209","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"tag-blue-note-7","8":"tag-dartmouth-college","9":"tag-duke-king-count-lady","10":"tag-jazz-and-the-class-divide","11":"tag-steve-wilson","12":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1i3CL-3n","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":160,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2009\/02\/on_the_way_to_portland_or.html","url_meta":{"origin":209,"position":0},"title":"Portland jazz fest hails Blue Note, cancels Cassandra","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"February 18, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The PDX Jazz Festival in Portland, Oregon\u00c2\u00a0last week began to garner good reviews for its programs, many of which celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Blue Note Records. 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