I could not agree with you more, it is shocking. I was lucky enough to play
at Montreux the year before the switch and it was beautiful. It was a dream
of mine. Last year I went and could not believe how much the vibe had
changed. They broadcasted the festival on T.V. and it seemed to be a
glorified Ford commercial. This was very disinchanting.
I could only imagine that the first Montreux festival had to be like the
DEMF, full of exciting new idea's and brimming with the sense of community,
music and greatness. Ford's ambition is to make money and to cloke the fact
that people are dying in there S.U.V.'s. I could smell it in the air at
last years Montreux. That's why in this day and age something like the DEMF
is so critical to the Detroit community and the world, because it is about
one thing, music.
From: "kelli b kavanaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "kelli b kavanaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "joshtwentythree" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <313@hyperreal.org>
Subject: Re: [313] could be...montreaux
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 17:06:19 -0500
detroit's annual jazz festival _was_ called the montreaux-detroit jazz
festival from its inception in 1980 through 1999. at that point, the
relationship between the two cities' festivals ended. in 2000, the jazz
fest
changed its name to the melodic-sounding "ford detroit international jazz
festival"
i know it's shocking to see an automobile manufacturer's name attatched to
a
cultural event in detroit...
kbk
> true...cause check it...the Montreaux Jazz Festival
> happens in Detroit each year according to a friend of
> mine from there...but Montreaux is a city in
> Switzerland...so...now that stated who's to say where
> it'll be!!!!;)
>
> josh23
> |paid to be bored.|
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