Straightahead jazz fans take note! More significant bits follow: * Critics who claim jazz = noise now will understand that jazz evolved in the 1940s as a stego method for communicating with agents in the field. * Hitler was right in suspecting "that Negro music." * Agent Parker developed method of putting signals in Bird calls, with great sax appeal. * Unveiling below of "crypto-jazz" movement. Cryptids are spreading the PGP word. Jazz raves to be the Next Big Thing. From: esharp@panix.com (Elliot Sharp) Newsgroups: rec.music.bluenote Subject: crypto-jazz Date: 3 Mar 1994 12:10:51 -0500 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC Message-ID: <2l55mr$b5s@panix.com> Summary: a night of Keywords: Sharp,Ribot,Berne on Tuesday, March 15, the Cooler (416 W. 14, NYC) will present a night of crypto-jazz with: 10 pm Elliott Sharp's THE CRYPTIDS (Sharp-reeds, guitar w/ Reuben Radding-bass, David Gould-drums) 11 pm Marc Ribot - solo guitar 12 am Tim Berne's BLOODCOUNT (Berne-reeds with quartet)