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It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes.

That Thomson quote seems ridiculous to me.

Would you place much stock in a jazz review written by Anthony Bourdain, who knows zilch about jazz but is a pretty good writer? You'd look to William Manchester for a review of the dancing in a new production of Rite Of Spring? A review of a new recording of Beethoven's middle quartets by Tom Clancy? A review of a Cannondale CAAD 10 road bike by 82 year old David McCullough? Doris Kearns Goodwin's view of a CJ ART preamp would be valuable to you?

I've read enough inane, ignorant and just plain wrong statements in music reviews to fill an encyclopedia. Bourdain might be able to write something about a jazz recording/performance that is amusing simply because he's an amusing guy and good writer. But he's not into jazz at all and has no knowledge base on the subject. What jazz fan would consider his review of a Ravi Coltrane performance informed? Ya think r&r fans would look to Maya Angelou for a review of a new AC/DC reissue?

Wonder how Virgil Thomson would have reacted to a scathing review of his playing/music penned by Roger Kahn.


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