28 Jun
2002
28 Jun
'02
12:50 p.m.
on 6/28/02 11:42 AM, Robert Pleshar at rpleshar@midway.uchicago.edu wrote:
I think we can all realize that while free-jazz or whatever we want to call it is still separated from the mainstream, it's pretty much just a different style (at least by this point) - a less popular one, but really just another style.
I agree, except that the avant-garde has really done a lot of its own legwork to keep it out of the mainstream. Which I don't think is automatically good.
Does Brotzmann really have in-depth explanations for everything or are you talking about certain portions of his audience?
A bit of both, to be fair. sh