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The first violin of Quatour Ebène seems to be following in the footsteps of Stèphane Grapelli ::
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Not sure if this is the best place to put this as the saga rumbles on...(Jazz Journal)
"Martin Speake, the renowned British saxophonist at the centre of a racism row at Trinity Laban conservatory in south London, has resigned from the college after 22 years and is pursuing compensation for constructive dismissal. Talking to Talk TV’s Mike Graham on 7 January he said he had had to resign because Trinity had made his position “untenable” and that he wants “huge compensation and a public apology, for doing nothing wrong”.
He's now the darling of the "jazz loving" GB Radio and it's associated culture warriors, is championed on YouTube by the "prog rock drummer" Andy Edwards in a crusade against the "totalitarian left" (sic) and is nobly grifting for funds to fight for his victim compensation. "Scratch a liberal" etc.
Max Roach - "Mendacity" http://youtu.be/1kyhnNM1RRM?feature=sharedLast edited by BLUESNIK'S REVOX; Today, 07:01.Comment
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Totally disagree with Speake's point of view but definitely tucked up by his students. This is the way things are with the middle class colleges. Trinity Laban will never produce the next Joe McPhee.
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Hopefully it won't produce the next Martin Speake. Now in full it's a war on whiteness mode. Similarly his supporters. It's all the fault of privileged blacks and woke racial theory that he's not "respected" for his status and the fact no-one, even his former associates, want to play with him. One anaemic hyped ECM album, victim status embraced,Comment
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Unspeakable.
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