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Thread #29392   Message #4125573
Posted By: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
08-Nov-21 - 04:16 PM
Thread Name: Ken Burns Jazz? Really that stupid?
Subject: RE: Ken Burns Jazz? Really that stupid?
Swing-and-a-miss...

Burns blew it completely on the origins of American West Coast jazz and, as far as we know, that's where that word "jazz" first came into the jargon, from baseball, no less.

Critical Race Theory in practice: The professor's objection to Paul Whiteman was the colour of his surname. (!?!)