on 4/17/03 11:46 PM, Herb Levy at herb@eskimo.com wrote:
Uh, before you get a wild hair up your butt on this, Skip, has Marshall Allen actually applied for grants that he hasn't received, and if he has, are his applications any good?
Actually, from what I've been told, his applications are well-rendered. However, espec in Philly, where he's applied for stuff like the PEW fellowship, there are already certain artists that have the accreditation of the people who whoose the people -- Bobby Zankel, Tyrone Brown etc -- largely because their grant proposals are written by the "right" people. No offense to those people, but doesn't the Sun Ra Arkestra -- both in achievement and operating expenses -- deserve at least as much? The grants trusts in PA generally and Philly specifically (the state and city where the Arkestra is most readily qualified) are extremely insulated. I remember when as a jazz artist either your status had to be intense (Sonny Rollins) or your purpose extremely unique (Carla Bley) to get a Guggenheim. But Patricia Barber? This is angering to me. Before you accuse me of sour grapes, I have never applied for a grant and could not see myself applying for one (I don't believe in it for myself), so it ain't that. Meanwhile, because mercer Ellington couldn't find a suitable grant in the USA, the Duke Ellington archive is in Copenhagen. best -- sh np: James Moody, LAST TRASIN FROM OVERBROOK