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

[buster]

Years ago I left work early to get home in time to prepare to see Sun  
Ra perform in Berkeley CA. I exited the freeway in Berkeley to see a  
couple of guys walking down the street, one in full Egyptian/Saturnian  
fusion regalia, at 4 in the afternoon.

I pulled over, and jumped out to ask "Sun Ra!  What are you doing?".  
He replied that they sought a place where lamb was prepared "properly"  
and so I directed them to Steve the Greek's Souvlaki. The show later  
that evening was wonderful.

Sonny was the real deal.


On Dec 25, 2009, at 9:00 PM, Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>  
wrote:

> Steven C. Barr wrote:
>
>> Later versions of "jazz" gradually eliminated the necessity of  
>> adhering to
>> already
>> extant "chord structures...leaving players free to wander off into
>> new/different
>> sets of chords. which did NOT have to depend on either extant  
>> chords for
>> given songs...or on long-extant "rules" as to which chord might  
>> follow
>> another
>> given chord! This, of course, takes some "getting used to" from  
>> listeners!
>>
>> Finally, jazz players decided to dispense with any/all "rules" that  
>> in any
>> way
>> defined what they were to play!
>>
>> Steven C. Barr
> =====================
> Once I'd tuned into avant garde jazz in the mid-60s, I had no trouble
> "whistling along" to the solos. I had no problem following Ornette
> Coleman's work, but, in retrospect, I find his angular phrasing a  
> little
> unpleasant, and unnecessary. Rhythmically, he was quite conventional,
> using brilliant bass players, but stodgy drummers (shades of Duke
> Ellington!). As someone once remarked to me: "Billy Higgins is better
> than Ed Blackwell, but that's not saying much!"
>
> It wasn't until I heard Sun Ra, that I found a fully rounded free jazz
> that I was totally comfortable with. I now find I have 67 LPs and 177
> CDs of him, with some more on the way! Of course, there is much
> time-wasting on his later work, but there is usually one great track  
> on
> each record. His vintage period seems to be 1962-1965.
>
>      Julian Vein
>
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