Ignorance is no were near the same as stupidity and should not be taken in any way as a form of disrespect. To be ignorant as we all are, concerning several subjects is to be unaware of something. As the many people such as Jefflee or anyone else who would say Voodoo is a backlash is unaware of what voodoo is in it entirety. Or who Wynton Marsalis is in his entirety. Who is Wynton? Wynton like many people is about as they would say "the perservation, reservation of classic jazz, and classical music as well as the blues." Why is this horrible? Because if it weren't for the evolution of the blues and classical music he would not exist and we would have no idea of the beauty possesed in American music (jazz). YOu see Wynton is not about furthering the art form. He composes songs and plays songs in an oldfashioned manner. Nothing he has done has done anything to amplify jazz nor further it. Jazz has been stagnant ever sinse Miles died. And Wynton blatantly disrespected MIles. Now, Miles is who Wynton took his direction from and still does and even sounds like. Now how does this apply here? Wynton can't see beyond his comfort zone. The jazz he and his father grew up on. Regardless if he can blow or not, which he can fairly well. Wynton has blown jazz back 100 hundred years. And because he has won awards and is popular people think he's the shit. Now Quest and D'angelo all know this hopefully and thats why they got with Roy Hargrove and Charlie HUnter. Two men of which are about the constant progression of the music and the resurrection of its roots. These roots being rhythm, melody, and harmony, played with all the souls forces found in ones lineage and inspirational backgrounds. This music is about communicating from one soul to another and enlightening one soul to another. Or turning the ignorant into the knowing, and allowing the stupid's to realize their ignorance and becoming the knowing. See its a cycle. And "Voodoo" as a religious practice as well as Santeria all explain this cycle of forces that be and the awareness they create. If I lost you at the end forgive me.<BR>PEACE:<BR>SANTERO><P>hopefully understood, much respect AFKAP.