We used to call it world beat. The first I heard of it was Johnny Nash, Bob Marley, The English Beat, The Specials. Also The Who in their early days would songs they referred to as "blue beat." In the early sixties Caribbean people brought their music and culture to England. I believe there was an album that came out of South Africa Soweto that Simon picked up on and made more popular. On a related note I saw some really cool guitars the other day called afri- cans. They are made out of oil cans. I guess people in South Africa not having 20 billion dollars to buy a fender or a Gibson started fashioning home made guitars from oil cans. A company has started to make them with aluminum necks and solid running gear, pretty darn cool, for about 400 bucks. I think if Joni was any kind of a kid or a teen, she most likely was exposed to world beat by the late great Ritchie Valens. I saw Herbie Mann and the Jazzil Brass, it was cooking! Like I said I'm a rocker so please forgive I had never even heard of homeboy before the show, I was very pleasantly surprised. No mosh pits at these jazz shows??? Does anyone else really like Pancho Sanchez? I do! I tried to see him in LA and the fire marshall shut the club down, cause Pancho was caliente. I hear he hangs out in Whittier dive bars so if you are on a bender in the south LA metro area keep your eyes peeled. Don't worry Lama all the great ones are misunderstood! Ted
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 3:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Woman of Heart And Mind Yeah, there's been a lot of cross-polination. Since day One. I was first aware of the phrase "world music" when reviews of Paul Simon's "Graceland" appeared. While I like the album, he wasn't the first person to be influenced by other cultures. On the JMDL, I said something like "Joni was doing world music before the phrase was invented." I guess all of us who "get it" know that. Karen expressed it nearly the same way in her bio. Lama RR wrote: >>The 'world music pioneer' tag doesn't really ring true. Josephine Baker in the '30's. Carmen Miranda in the 40's. Stan Getz and Herbie Mann brought Brazilian music to the mainstream in the early 60's. Harry Belafonte's "Banana Boat Song", Trini Lopez' "Lemon Tree". Even Sinatra did two LP's with Jobim. Santana crossed latin music with rock in 1969, while Joni was 5 full albums away from using the Barundi drums. Simon & Garfunkel's "El Condor Pasa" used a Peruvian band in 1970. There is even a short reggae- style break in The Beatles "I Call Your Name" from 1964. Miles Davis' "Bitches Brew" in 1969 fused jazz and African influences..in the world of jazz, using African and Latin influences was old news; Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente,,,fingers getting tired....>>
