this is interesting https://twitter.com/EvolvingWild/status/1252262684587851781
i mean cannonball is almost entirely written out....as so often happens.... -_- https://twitter.com/mydinnerwithdre/status/1252637182415695873?s=20
are donald byrd and cannonball adderley the most habitually disrespected classic jazz greats: my column
answer: no bc women exist lol (nary a mary lou williams or shirley scott in the bunch)
but i think exercises in canonization are interesting bc they show us where people's heads are at - you need a barometer
who will write a jazz canon with a maximum of one dave brubeck record...i'll wait
a little mccoy tyner brubeck ....critique, to bless the TL
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