[78-L] fwd: Marsalis makes the world safe for pure jazz^

[Cary Ginell]

My definition of groove came from something Herbie Mann told me once. The "groove" is akin to the waves of the ocean, with his melody line riding on top of the waves. It has a lot to do with kinetic energy, perpetual motion, which can be achieved through rhythm, riffs, anything that keeps the momentum going forward. That's how you can listen to a song like Jimmy Smith's "The Champ," which encompasses and entire LP side, and not want it to end.

 

Cary Ginell
 
> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:15:36 +0000
> From: julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] fwd: Marsalis makes the world safe for pure jazz^
> 
> Cary Ginell wrote:
> The problem I have with the so-called "free jazz" is that it doesn't 
> have the element common to other forms of jazz: a groove. If a Cecil 
> Taylor fan can find a groove in his music, more power to him, but I've 
> sampled quite a bit of it and just do
> n't care for it. Maybe I'm not "deep." Maybe I can't see the poetry in 
> Coltrane's late-career squawks. But that's fine. I won't deny them their 
> place in jazz. But I will deny them a place on my shelves. Even so, I 
> won't condemn an entire period without cause. That's why I love Eric 
> Dolphy and the work he did on Coltrane's "Africa Brass" sessions on 
> Impulse. There is some of it that is accessible to someone like me. So I 
> keep listening.
> 
> Cary Ginell
> =============
> I'm not sure what you mean by "groove", but Taylor's music is not random 
> as it may appear to some. Compare his solo on "E.B." (Candid) with a 
> solo he plays with Ayler on the Revenant box set. They're virtually 
> identical--when I heard the latter I was able to whistle along with it!
> 
> I only got to hear "Africa Brass" properly in recent years, and found it 
> was a disappointment, in that there is no "punch line" to the 
> performance, it just drifts on and on. Regarding his Impulse! quartet 
> recordings, I was playing these recently and thought to myself, "this is 
> pop music!" They came in the aftermath of his Atlantic "My Favorite 
> Things". Something akin to Jonah Jones's "Muted Jazz". And McCoy Tyner's 
> piano playing is always a pain in the butt.
> 
> I have most of Coltrane's work, but don't necessarily like it all--much 
> of it was purchased because it was cheap. Pruning time will come eventually.
> 
> Julian Vein
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