frogman
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| Jazz for aficionados mary_jo, we seem to be going round in circles to a degree. Too much is being made of the distinction between being “inside” and “outside” the world of the creators. We are all creators in one fashion or another. Obviously, not all are creators in ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados pjw, I think Tommy Flanagan was a great player and I love his playing. There is a certain elegance to his playing and a relaxed time feel. Even the tone he gets has an elegant quality to it; not very percussive. https://youtu.be/ONpG6dtiqzEI reall... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Per pjw’s comments re Herbie Hancock. Whatever one may think of electronic music, fusion, funk, whatever one wants to call it, when the playing is on such a high level it doesn’t much matter what one calls it. Purists will say that this record is ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Yes, great links. That live Johnny Griffin Clip is wonderful.Thanks for your thoughts and great clips, pjw. I agree with all you wrote. Hancock is a genius. I don’t think I have heard anything by him that I have not liked; acoustic or electronic.A... | |
| Jazz for aficionados mary_jo, I believe you make a common mistaken assumption. You assume that the “pure observer”. “sees the magic” before the “creator” does. Or that the creator always or automatically starts to analyze. Not the case at all. It is a deliberate choic... | |
| Jazz for aficionados pryso, as I wrote the word “generational” I knew that it might get me in trouble; and for the very reason that you reacted to. You assumed that I referred to the musicians’ respective ages, when using the word “generational”. In the context of ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados One doesn’t have to compare at all while listening and just enjoy the particular artist and/or context. On the other hand, ever wonder why some recordings just don’t push the right buttons for you? Why they just don’t have the right feel? The abov... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Correction:”obviously there is best anything in Jazz”, should read “obviously there is no best anything in Jazz”.....obviously. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, yes, without a doubt. While some piano and bass players are very flexible and can play well in a variety of styles, some are (were) great in one or a narrow range of styles, but were weak in other styles. Dave Brubeck or Hank Jones (just two ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Actually, pjw, I didn’t. It was an honest question; would not have asked it otherwise. It wasn’t clear to me from what you had written what your feeling about it was. In fact at first I thought that you might have been implying that Morello was... | |
| Jazz for aficionados pjw, what is your answer to your question? Merry Christmas, all! | |
| Jazz for aficionados pjw, I think I did answer your question. But, let me try it this way:The short answer is NO, I don’t think that Morello would have gotten “best drummer” had he not been part of Brubeck’s group; a very successful quartet with hit records. But, this... | |
| Jazz for aficionados pjw, there is no “best” drummer. Awards of that kind are nice and all, but can’t possibly be a definitive statement of “best” anything. An obviously subjective, not to mention, narrow call. Obviously a great drummer, and I would say he was probabl... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Merry Christmas, mary_jo! 😊https://youtu.be/aEV2mwNTkIs | |
| Jazz for aficionados https://youtu.be/XxC7EhPnsuo |