Re: defining Klezmer (everybody wants to get into the act!)

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

At 10:50 AM 2/21/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Sorry, but I can't let this pass without comment:
>It's amazing how some people openly admit their lack of knowledge on 
>a topic but don't let this inhibit them from pontificating on it without
>the 
>least humility.
>  
>I don't know how Josh Huppert participates in making or enjoying Jewish
>music.
>If he is a musician, I hope the attitudes toward Yiddish he conveyed
>don't color
>his playing.  

Josh Huppert is an excellent musician and a long-standing member of the Chicago 
Klezmer Ensemble. It is very important that criticism of =ideas=
on this list be directed to the ideas. Personal attack is not acceptable.

ari


Ari Davidow
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