From Tom Millar Sent Sun, Jun 20th 1999, 21:52
From Tom Millar Sent Sun, Jun 20th 1999, 21:52
> hmm. not sure that someone who "never liked the trumpet" is in much of a > position to say what direction jazz was "meant to go." after all, if > louis armstrong hadn't put glorified bugle to mouth 3/4 of a century > ago, jazz quite possibly would have never gone anywhere. not to mention > the non-cloying, un-nasal music miles davis, dizzy gillespie, lee > morgan, don cherry, jon hassell, wadada leo smith, kenny wheeler, dave > douglas and a host of others have created on the instrument since then. > and oh yeah -- i think ben neill is swell. > jeff That's awesome dude, I guess since all those guys are officially geniuses the trumpet must be a great instrument. I'll change my taste in sonics right away. BTW, I never said anything about the places jazz was meant to go, that's for jazz musicians to decide for themselves. But quite frankly just because you can improvise blues on top of something (which you can with just about all techno) doesn't make it a good idea- kind of like sticking your head in the toilet because it fits. That's all I'm saying- I hate noodles with my techno. Tom