The Allman Brothers

[coolvinny]

This link is amazing on so many levels: https://somethingelsereviews.com/202...n-roland-kirk/

[wintermoon]

thanks for that!
I'm going to post that Roland Kirk doc elsewhere on the forum

[Doctor Jeff]

That's an interesting article.

Personally I am just a little put off by articles that so-and-so rocker wanted to move into the jazz world. There are a lot of great players out there, but to play jazz requires a different way of thinking about music.

I admire Duane's playing but don't think of him as particularly jazzy. Complex, yes. OTOH, he can make a 6-minute solo sound interesting the entire time, so there's that.

[Phil59]

That's an interesting article.

Personally I am just a little put off by articles that so-and-so rocker wanted to move into the jazz world. There are a lot of great players out there, but to play jazz requires a different way of thinking about music.

I admire Duane's playing but don't think of him as particularly jazzy. Complex, yes. OTOH, he can make a 6-minute solo sound interesting the entire time, so there's that.

I agree that the notion of a successful rock guy moving towards jazz is just chatter. Too much work, why would they do it? That said, I do think some of the Duane-era stuff had jazz elements. Modal maybe?