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Originally Posted by Jazzpunk
Listen to any period of Miles, and tell me you can't detect the spirit of Louis Armstrong...
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05-19-2015 01:45 AM
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I totally get that the tradition is hugely important. I'm just a proponent of personalizing that tradition ... Making the tradition itself your own. Not just making the jazz language your own. Like maybe I'm into Bird, Coltrane, Jim Hall, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, John Duffy, The Clash and Bach. That's my tradition (I plan on adding to it) so I'd just like people to remain open to determining their own tradition beyond the framework of a strict jazz tradition. In that respect I think guys like Julian Lage and Robert Glasper are everything new music should be.
that said improvisers that don't investigate the American songbook and language of Charlie Parker and John Coltrane are doing themselves a disservice and shouldn't expect to be able to dialog w a huge huge subset of improvising musicians. I just would contend that those who don't check out a huge array of other shit are doing themselves the same disservice.
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Originally Posted by princeplanet
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Originally Posted by princeplanet
I think the respect is enough. I learned more about jazz from copping Grant Green licks than ANYTHING else...but I don't sound anything like Grant. But he's still the most important jazz guitar player in my personal development.
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Originally Posted by Jazzpunk
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Originally Posted by princeplanet
LOL.
Kidding aside, Scott's a great example of someone who obviously knows and respects tradition, but plays in a very "current" way...and again, I'd say that goes for all the modern players who are worth listening to...there's plenty of forgettable current players too.
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