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

[Francesco Martinelli]

yes... and anybody can paint like Picasso because he puts both eyes on one 
side....
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
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Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 11:39 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] fwd: Marsalis makes the world safe for pure jazz^


> 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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