tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694480735393172006.post8255447782946167516..comments2023-09-30T06:09:28.429-05:00Comments on Plastic Sax: Now's the Time: Malachy PapersHappy In Baghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325328547476858000noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694480735393172006.post-37298950269386056242011-08-15T10:38:46.458-05:002011-08-15T10:38:46.458-05:00Let me start by saying I enjoyed the clip and the ...Let me start by saying I enjoyed the clip and the lifeline.<br /><br />Unfortunately the vibes player and bass player were screwing up the form of the blues changes. Was this deliberate? It didn't sound like it. How can you expect to be taken seriously if you mess up something as introductory as the blues. <br /><br />Anon 12:19, maybe Monk made elementary errors like that but I doubt it. <br /><br />Look, I dig avant garde jazz especially if it sounds like you know what you're doing. Check out the Dave Holland Quintet on ECM.<br /><br />These guys are playing with reckless abandon and thats commendable too. <br /><br />Playing and acting wierd is fine but be sure to back it up with substance, some fundamentals and a foundation of musical discipline.<br /><br />Having said that, lets give these fellows all McArthur Foundation grants and Honorary Doctorates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694480735393172006.post-57529700332387934312011-08-12T14:38:44.664-05:002011-08-12T14:38:44.664-05:00Mike Dillon and Brandon Draper on the same stage!!...Mike Dillon and Brandon Draper on the same stage!!! . . . better hold on to something. - samAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694480735393172006.post-33543948247153557082011-08-12T12:28:14.526-05:002011-08-12T12:28:14.526-05:00Yeah, I know 1219. Note that I qualified my remar...Yeah, I know 1219. Note that I qualified my remark with the word "relatively." But still… Monk's Mysterioso album was recorded this week in 1958. Folks have had over half a century to wrap their heads around Monk's music.Happy In Baghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325328547476858000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694480735393172006.post-73660306115588857672011-08-12T12:19:23.680-05:002011-08-12T12:19:23.680-05:00As one who can remember Monk struggling for accept...As one who can remember Monk struggling for acceptance, I chuckled at the irony in one of his compositons being called a lifeline to conservative jazz fans. (Not that it isn't accurate.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com