How can you make such an assessment of someone's abilities and potential based from such a brief description of their influences, which are just that - influences. The early origins of Jazz drew upon strong tribal musical traditions from African slaves and ancient ones at that. To make a long history lesson short American Folk music, Catholic liturgical music, the European classics we all know and love, and the early days of American Blues blended in time to create an undefinable style we like to call Jazz. Have you inferred anything from what I wrote RequiemAeternam? Well I can continue
Here's another history lesson you all should know. The twin Voyager space probes were launched in 1977 to travel to and explore Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. In the 32 years since their initial launch the probes have traveled 9.79 billion miles from our planet and in the coming months they will enter interstellar space: They will be between the stars. Yeah yeah I know your all thinking who cares, but the crazy bastards who launched that thing put something of value on it, a golden record.
This phonograph record - a 12-inch gold-plated copper disk containing sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and cultures of Earth. The contents of the record include 115 images and a variety of natural sounds, such as those made by surf, wind and thunder, birds, whales, and other animals. To this they added musical selections from different cultures and eras, and spoken greetings from Earth-people in fifty-five languages, and a printed message from President Carter. Here's the selection of music we chose at that time.
Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F. First Movement, Munich Bach -Orchestra, Karl Richter, conductor. 4:40
Java, court gamelan, "Kinds of Flowers," recorded by Robert Brown. 4:43
Senegal, percussion, recorded by Charles Duvelle. 2:08
Zaire, Pygmy girls' initiation song, recorded by Colin Turnbull. 0:56
Australia, Aborigine songs, "Morning Star" and "Devil Bird," recorded by Sandra LeBrun Holmes. 1:26
Mexico, "El Cascabel," performed by Lorenzo Barcelata and the Mariachi M
