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Re: classifications



. . .Just a followup to my slightly sarcastic argument in favor of
classifying music for the purpose of browsing in a record store. . . . .

Actually, whatever happened to that category called "C.I.", or
"contemporary instrumental" that was supposed to be pushed by the record
companies about five years ago?  They seemed in words (if not in deeds) to
be responding to the kinds of complaints expressed in this thread. . .
.that categories all too often are inaccurate or misleading.  C.I. was
supposed to be an umbrella category for non-jazz instrumental musics,
anything from electronic to "chamber jazz" to electronica dance, to ambient
dance to trip hop to acid jazz to Cage to Jon Hassell to some ECM to
Windham Hill to. . . .you name it (instrumental music that's not jazz 
per-se.)

Perhaps postmodern juxtapositions of music "styles" make categorization
difficult, I admit.  But Contemporary Instrumental seemed intuitively a
good idea.  Whatever happened to it?

Michael.
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Dr. Michael S. Yoder
Assistant Professor of Geography,
Coordinator of Urban Studies
Texas A&M International University
5201 University Blvd.
Laredo, TX  78041
Tel. (956) 326-2634; FAX (956) 326-2464 
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