In Reply to: Hate to be a party-pooper, but, posted by John Marks on May 13, 2015 at 18:14:10:
the melody in one place to accomadate His Chord progession,
not uncommon Jazz practice.
Doing it Your way is at the Heart of Jazz.
I think Wunderkinds have a knack for Mimicry,
which is separate from real understanding.
It's weird to watch him, he is really concentrating, trying to remember all he has worked up.
And that Bass, all pickup, no actual tone.
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- The kid is stiff, but Coltrane changed - oldmkvi 11:49:18 05/15/15 (5)
- There are plenty of other videos of him - David Smith 12:37:58 05/15/15 (4)
- "....the reactions from others are interesting." LOL! That's one way to put it :-) nt - Rick W 13:33:02 05/15/15 (3)
- My reaction to child prodigies - rbolaw 06:07:34 05/16/15 (2)
- I've never run across a prodigy as young as this kid in person. - Rick W 08:22:08 05/16/15 (1)
- All that may be true. - rbolaw 09:48:36 05/16/15 (0)