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

Michael Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
Fri Dec 25 00:06:13 PST 2009


From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
>> I wonder if just ANYBODY could noodle around and play
>> in some of these styles and be accepted.  

From: "Francesco Martinelli" <francesco.martinelli at gmail.com>
> yes... and anybody can paint like Picasso because he puts
> both eyes on one side....  f

Bad analogy because Picasso had skill and purpose.  I would compare the
randomness of some avant-garde jazz to the guy who mainly just threw
buckets of paint on giant canvasses, Jackson Pollack.  

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  





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