Re: cRAP, Jewish or Otherwise - My Many Opinions!

[Ron Caswell <ron...>]

Dear Eliott,
HAHAHA.  Dinosaur status!!!  So you like the Beatles?  Paul McCartney is one of 
my all time favourite bass players!  Your music Prof must have loved you for 
hipping him to the Beatles.  By the way, I have a Master's Degree in music from 
Mannes College.  Instead of hanging my degree on a wall I lamenated it and made 
it into a placemat.  I pretty much play anything from classical music to 
Hip-Hop.  Since we've kind of wandered away from Jewish  music here, why don't 
you give me a list of the top 10 Klezmer CDs I should listen to.  Anything from 
early to current is cool.  
Peace,
Ron

Eliott Kahn <Elkahn (at) JTSA(dot)EDU> wrote:
At 08:31 AM 3/23/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>Eliott,
> 
>Here's some Hip-Hop listening for you. It's the artist followed by the album 
>in parenthesis when I could remember the album name. You'll notice James Brown 
>and Bob Marley in this list. Even though they are not considered to be Hip-Hop 
>each had a HUGE influence on Hip-Hop. Tell me you ain't never shook your azz 
>to some JB? James Brown is one of the most sampled artists in Hip-Hop. Try not 
>to download these from Kazaa. Try to support these artists by buying their 
>records. 
> 
>Blackstar, Snoop Doggy Dogg (Doggystyle), Outkast (Aquemini), Jay-Z (any 
>album), Dr. Dre (The Chronic), 2Pac (Me Against the World), The Notorious 
>B.I.G. (Life After Death), James Brown (any album), Bob Marley and the Wailers 
>(Catch Fire), Run DMC, Aerosmith with Run DMC, etc... this is just a short 
>list to get you started... 
> 
>Try to think of some cool Klezmer lines over top the beats or maybe some 
>klezmer beats with some cool samples. The possibilites are endless.
>Keep on rockin' in a free world,
>Ron

Dear Ron:

Thanks, but I'll pass. One of the rare pleasures of getting older is to 
blissfully welcome dinosaur status. 

Actually, to be honest, you remind me of me over thirty years ago, trying to 
play a Beatles album for one of my music professors.

But do keep an open mind and try to get a musical education. We ALL need to 
keep sharpening our ears throughout our lives.

And please stop using those double negatives. You ain't never gonna get a job!

Waxing--and waning--poetic,

Eliott Kahn

Dr. Eliott Kahn
Music Archivist
Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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New York, NY 10027
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