on 8/26/02 1:08 PM, Patrice L. Roussel at proussel@ichips.intel.com wrote:
On Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:43:15 -0700 skip Heller wrote:
on 8/26/02 12:04 PM, Patrice L. Roussel at proussel@ichips.intel.com wrote:
You are absolutely right, and people dissing Coleman, middle/late Coltrane, Ayler, etc (the list is long), should learn to adjust to boxes of different shape and size :-).
Patrice.
or else the people defending these things should realize and maybe even admit they're just trying to say their preferred box is somehow superior to somebody else's.
I would not go so far. It simply shows that when you build a reasoning to explain other's limitations, be careful that it could not be used against you :-).
Patrice.
Perhaps, if you're arguing that your box is superior. If your execution is relatively spotless, however, you don't tend to worry about it as a musician. And if you refuse to accept that Coltrane box is inherently superior to, for example, punk rock box or techno box, you're probably in much better shape than someone who pounds his chest over and over that FREE IMPROV IS THE 'REAL' MUSIC, or whatever other cultural bigotry types to which you might be exposed. skip h