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

[eugene hayhoe]

I'd guess that it's accurate to say that Albert Ayler's hign school era road stint with Little Walter Jacobs would have influenced him, and I'd be incredibly surprised if he wasn't also familar with Jay McNeely, Jacquet, Arnett Cobb, Hal Singer, etc. 
So too for Black churches like the COGIC and others which 'spoke in tongues' - another point is, the tone, volume and intensity with which Ayler played are not casual things that anyone can just pick up a horn and do, Like many saxists, cello was also an inspiration to him. 
 
Gene

--- On Thu, 12/24/09, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:


From: Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com>
Subject: Re: [78-L] fwd: Marsalis makes the world safe for pure jazz^
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Thursday, December 24, 2009, 5:39 PM


eugene hayhoe wrote:
> I'd also say most 'avant-garde' musicians I'm familiar
> with have some degree of humor in their playing as well,
> as opposed to the sanctimonious attitude they are often
> accused of having.   Gene

As I've admitted, this music isn't my bag and I realize it is yours, but
sometimes I think that the humor might be them thinking "I can't BELIEVE
that these people are actually buying this stuff!!!!"  I've also
discussed music styles as being like a language, that it is difficult
for non-native speakers to hear accents.  Thus I don't think I can
differentiate between good and bad in these styles, and I wonder if just
ANYBODY could noodle around and play in some of these styles and be
accepted.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbie.com  

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