In any case the Tristano school did not breed racists. There is that section in "Conversation's on the Improvisor's Art" where Lee Konitz speaks very critically about the Jewish environment he...
I might have considered hitting someone. That is so beyond stupid.
I present to you, one of my very favorite moments in recorded jazz (the link should cue you up to the right spot, but if not, we're looking for about 04:19): ...
Play the background gigs to get good enough to play the nightclub gigs. But really, everyone wants to see and play a good show. The guy who will give you shit for landing on F# over a D minor was...
This is a pretty good one to start ear training with. You already know it’s in Bb and “all 6ths” oops meant to reply to the other person…
Ah crap. At least I know where I went wrong.
I decided to order it. You made me even more curious after having heard about the book recently and finding out that is has become unavailable in the Internet Archive. Interviews with Dexter...
I’ll hit both those events. They’re maybe a half hour from home. Thanks!
I always think the same thing. It looks like he just moves his hand up and down the neck and notes pop out. Whatever the technique is, is must be very efficient.
Another interesting point. This is about the time that black musicians started making a concerted effort to reject “jazz” as a label for both artistic and social reasons.** I don’t know enough...
For what it’s worth — this says that Tristano’s dismissal of black musicians must be seen as a reaction to the black musician’s dismissal of white musicians. No suggestion that the black musicians...
Thank you all for the good advice in this thread. I just can't behind the "there are no mistakes" stuff. The idea that they have to be bought and paid for by the rest of the line is interesting....
Here is a section of Shim Eunmi's Lennie Tristano: His life in music (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2007, pp108-9), in which Tristano's remark is discussed. Tristano thought that the...
Today at my annual physical, I made the mistake of complaining to one of the PA's that I had a pain in my neck,left shoulder area from using a guitar strap with my heavy guitar. She immediately...
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