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Date:         Mon, 21 Dec 1992 09:33:18 CST
From:         crispen <crispen@EFFTOO.BOEING.COM>
Subject:      Re: The deluge part 2, Sonia's secret

Jeff Beer sez:

>On the issue of female musicians, she is distinctly anti-feminist.  She
>was intervewed by someone who was going to make a book on women jazz
>musicians, and her first response was "why would anyone want to do
>that?"  When they try pin it on how hard it is for women to make it in
>the music business, she will have nothing to do with it.  She seems to have a
>built in thick head on ignoring that.  For instance, she will say, "my
>band members said there were hecklers telling me to do the dishes, but I
>didn't hear them"

Remember, Bley was leading bands when there were damn few women
sidemen (unintentional humor here, I think).  She paid enough dues
that she can say anything she wants on the subject of feminism.
For a musician, it's not a matter of a glass ceiling; it's whether
you'll get the gig or get the label to promote the record -- it's basic
survival and ability to earn a living.

However, isn't it at least possible, remembering her notorious sense
of humor, that she was putting the interviewer on?
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So it's Doctor Sonia, eh?  Damn, this list is entirely too high class.

Sonia, let me quote my hero Winston Churchill when asked by an
American high school student for advice: "Never give up.  Never, never
never.  Never give up."  Tell you what.  You've already heard half
of a tape of my crap.  How could your music be worse?  Plug in your mic
and wail and send it out to a couple of us and we'll tell you whether
or not to give up.

Incidentally, I got to hear one of the Blues Roots tapes all the way
through.  "Too Many Dirty Dishes" is absolutely electrifying.  If you're
judging your playing against him, you're being unfair to yourself.
Nobody's that good.  I swear a review follows.  I feel really lousy
about not doing one before.  I finally made the Kenton tape 2.  If
I can get my dubbing deck to work, do you want one?
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Hey, c'mon ALLMUSICers.  Who does "I Am Santa Claus" (the parody on
"Iron Man")?  The people at our record store were clueless.
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Listened to the Gary Burton/Pat Metheny record _Reunion_ this
weekend.  Really nice stuff.  It's a pleasure to hear Metheny play
more straight ahead and show off some his formidable technique.

Also heard some Poulenc choral pieces.  Very unimpressed.  Typical
Robert Shaw emasculated-basses sound.  Between him and Dale Warland,
it's a miracle a "manly" sounding chorister can get a job!  The
Poulenc shouldn't have been done like an opera chorus, but it
shouldn't have been done like this, either.  Definitely soporific.
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